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Into the Grey Paperback – 5 Sept. 2011

by Celine Kiernan (Author)

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'The scream was awful - a horrible desolate cry ... the child led my unresisting brother up the path and further into the tangled garden. Out of my sight.'

My name is Patrick Finnerty. I am fifteen and I'm losing my brother. A ghost is stealing him away. I know how crazy that sounds. But my brother, my twin, is going to die; I'm watching him die. No one else can see what's happening.

What can I do? The answers seem to lie within the memory of a dream - between this world and the next. Within The Grey. But I don't want to go into The Grey. I don't want to. I've seen what it's like …

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12 years and up
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272 pages
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English
Publisher

The O'Brien Press
Publication date

5 Sept. 2011
ISBN-10

1847171648
ISBN-13

978-1847171641
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Publisher : The O'Brien Press (5 Sept. 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1847171648
ISBN-13 : 978-1847171641
Reading age : 12 years and up

Best Sellers Rank: 6,811,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 560 in Fiction About Multigenerational Families for Young Adults

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'young teenagers will be gripped by this supernatural thriller ... an impressive work for the 12+ age group ... offers thrills alongside an important, but understated, lesson in humanity'

(Sunday Business Post)

'Kiernan shows an acute sense of how to build tension and when to twist the knife'

(SFX magazine)

'..this is a pacy supernatural thriller in which suspense and intrigue are excellently created.'

(Book Fest)

'the literacy skills inherent in Celine’s first novel The Poison Throne and fully enhanced by the two remaining novels of her Moorehawke Trilogy have now been further enriched by what, in my opinion, is her most impressive fiction to date ... Those episod

(Robert Dunbar)

'I am so impressed with Celine Kiernan’s imagination and writing. I loved how the tension in the story slowly builds up until the reader suddenly finds themselves in the middle of a full blown nightmare ... a very realistic finale ... I love Celine Kierna

(goodreads.com)

'Celine Kiernan's mastery of imagery and ability to enthrall, will keep the young adult spellbound in her new novel Taken Away ... Kiernan sweeps the reader along, weaving the 'other world' into this novel with ease ... would recommend it as being suitabl

(readplus.com.au)

About the Author

CELINE KIERNAN; trained at the SullivanBluth Studios as a classical feature animator and has spent the majority of her working life in the film business. She is also a freelance illustrator. Born and raised in Dublin, she now lives in Virginia, Co. Cavan.

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Disappointing. Charmless and lacking in subtlety.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2016

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It seems that I'm out on a limb on this book. I found it crude in all respects. I could discover not a shred of style or sensitivity. Rather unattractive, but undeveloped characters are involved in an implausible plot that moves at such breakneck speed that a sense of weariness rather than accumulating suspense takes over long before the end. There is not a hint of reflection or lyricism and even if the idea behind the story has possibilities, it is rarely handled beyond the level of cliché. I have no particular feelings about ghost stories in general. As with other genres, there are good and bad. I can’t imagine this book joining the list of those that continue to exert a powerful pull on readers of all times and ages.

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Faye (A Daydreamer's Thoughts)

Brilliantly eerie read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2015

Before you begin reading this review, I feel it is very important to mention that I have always been very biased towards novels with ghosts in. However, I also feel it is worth mentioning that this does not mean I automatically love every novel about ghosts, it simply means that I’m more predisposed to pick it up in the first place. So the fact that I absolutely adored this book could be because it involved ghosts, but actually it is because the story was highly entertaining, the writing was amazing, and because I simply lost myself in this book. It is one I would easily recommend to others.

Right from the very first sentence, this novel pulls you into a dark, emotional tale about a brother who is going through something incredibly traumatic. We start this journey finding out about a goblin boy and the family house burning down. What follows on from this is an incredibly eerie story full of creepy, tense moments that have you, quite literally, sitting on the edge of your seat. I found the plot to this book was excellent. It kept you on your toes, had you wanting to beg for mercy, and truly left a chilling feeling in your spine. I quickly found it difficult to put this book down, as well as rapidly finding myself emotionally invested in this story. Celine Kiernan has definitely worked this plot out exceptionally well.

One of the other reasons I continued reading this book was the truly realistic characters that were portrayed so well it was impossible not to find yourself emotionall invested in them. While all of the characters in this novel were well-written, my favourite character was Patrick. Patrick is a character who doesn’t feel strong without his twin by his side, he is a character who is lost but will stop at nothing to find what he’s looking for. Throughout his journey it is easy to see how strong he really is, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to hug him and tell him everything was going to be okay! Pat has his flaws, such as temper and fear but this just makes him so much easier to emphasize with. I guarentee you’ll just want to help him!

As I made my way through this novel, I couldn’t stop myself from falling in love with Celine Kiernan. I have not read the trilogy she wrote before this book, but I’m certainly intrigued enough to give it a try at some point in the future and I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more books from Celine. The reason for this is because I really enjoyed the writing style of this book. It is unique and compelling – not to mention supports a grand story – and it is just easy to see that Celine is a truly talented writer. There was never too much description, never too much much dialogue, and she just managed to capture the emotions of her characters so well. It just made it so easy to empathise with them, bringing forth many emotions and I think that is an absolutely amazing thing to do within a novel. She also managed to truly bring tension into the novel, helping to make it more entertaining and creepy. I, for one, will definitely be keeping my eyes for more books by her.

If it isn’t clear by now, I absolutely loved this book. It pulled me in from the very start and I couldn’t stop turning the pages. It had an amazing back story that was fully formed without any odd plot holes, it was incredibly creepy and eerie and it was just everything that I love in a good thriller/horror novel. I loved the idea of the Grey, and the naievity of Francis. I thought it was all really entertaining and truly horrific. It is a book that I would highly recommend to others and one that I am extremely glad that I tried. It is also a novel that I would happily read again. If you’re looking for a horror novel that will make it difficult to sleep, or a YA novel that just really packs a punch and is full of emotional intensity, then you should definitely give this book a read! This new book from Celine Kiernan will terrify your psychosis in a good way.

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orla mcalinden

Plenty to offer readers of all ages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2015

I don't read a huge amount of supernatural work, not because I don't want too, but because there are only 24 hours in a day and ten million books approx. available in the English language. So I can't write the kind of review I usually write, full of comparisons and references back to other works. But I can write that I loved this book. It's marketed as a Young Adult read, but I am considerably mature, ahem, and this book has much to offer any reader.

It's well written, the characters are real, flawed, messy, fun human beings. The dialogue is authentic and moving. The relationship between the twins is electrifying and deeply engaging. I loved the parents, struggling to do their best by two generations of the family, balancing an elderly, confused granny and young children, like so many of us in "the sandwich generation" - although the book is set 40 odd years ago, this is a universal theme.

I'm not going to wait for my children to become "young adults" before I read more from this wonderful author.

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Purplek

Nightmarish and brilliantly written, this is an original ghost story set ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2015

Nightmarish and brilliantly written, this is an original ghost story set in the close confines of a small house. Loved its sense of time and its Irishness.

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EKM27

A gripping read, both haunting and lovely

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2014

I really enjoyed this book. I was so impressed with how past and present, dreams and waking, natural and supernatural were woven together. The brothers' relationship was beautiful and moving. I read it very quickly because I was enjoying it so much and was dying to find out what happened.

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