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myweereads's review
4.0
“Life must go on, yes, but in the end—after the end—life was not important, just pictures on a screen, absorbing for as long as they lasted, causing us to weep and laugh, perhaps, but when the images are gone we step out blinking into the light.” - Whitstable
This beautiful edition contains three very different stories. You can resonate with them all in their own way. There is Whitstable which will pull at your heart strings, Leytonstone which will give you the creeps and Netherwood which will leave you baffled.
Whitstable - 1971.
Peter Cushing, grief-stricken over the loss of his wife and soul-mate, is walking along a beach near his home. A little boy approaches him, taking him to be the famous vampire-hunter Van Helsing from the Hammer films and begs him for his help.
Leytonstone - 1906.
Young Alfred Hitchcock is taken by his father to visit the local police station. There he is suddenly locked up for a crime he is not aware of. This being the catalyst for a series of events that will scar and shape the infamous master of horror as we know him today.
Netherwood - 1947.
Black magic novelist Dennis Wheatley has been summoned to the aid of Aleister Crowley. The mystic who is well known for being the evilest man alive needs Dennis’s help with a much greater evil.
What I love about these stories is that they include people we know through these events which are told via the creative storytelling of Stephen Volk.
I really enjoyed each of these stories but my favourite would have to be Whitstable
This beautiful edition contains three very different stories. You can resonate with them all in their own way. There is Whitstable which will pull at your heart strings, Leytonstone which will give you the creeps and Netherwood which will leave you baffled.
Whitstable - 1971.
Peter Cushing, grief-stricken over the loss of his wife and soul-mate, is walking along a beach near his home. A little boy approaches him, taking him to be the famous vampire-hunter Van Helsing from the Hammer films and begs him for his help.
Leytonstone - 1906.
Young Alfred Hitchcock is taken by his father to visit the local police station. There he is suddenly locked up for a crime he is not aware of. This being the catalyst for a series of events that will scar and shape the infamous master of horror as we know him today.
Netherwood - 1947.
Black magic novelist Dennis Wheatley has been summoned to the aid of Aleister Crowley. The mystic who is well known for being the evilest man alive needs Dennis’s help with a much greater evil.
What I love about these stories is that they include people we know through these events which are told via the creative storytelling of Stephen Volk.
I really enjoyed each of these stories but my favourite would have to be Whitstable
jwab's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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