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mellabella's review against another edition
2.0
I don't know if I would really call this a "horror" novel. More like a supernatural/conspiracy thriller? Without a lot of thrills. Will is a psychologist. He's been best friends with Maggie since they were 4. Evidently that means they cannot date. Even though they both have feelings for each other. His older brother Pete is a psychopath. He used to bully Will when they were younger. Especially after their oldest brother Michael died. Pete now owns a thriving cable company. Which allows him into peoples homes. Animals start acting weird. Then people. I waited for something to happen. But, we get a lot of unnecessary details: what they ate, repeated details about Wills patients, etc., etc. I liked that there were gay characters in it. BUT, one of them was a stereotype. Then the neat ending. I've read other books by this author. They were nothing like this. I'll still read any others. I just wouldn't recommend.
jamieh2024's review against another edition
4.0
From the back:
The Past...
Will Banning survived a childhood so rough, his mind has blocked it out almost entirely- especially the horrific day his brother Michael died, a memory that flickers on the edge of his consciousness as if from a dream.
Isn't Gone...
Now, as a successful psychologist, Will helps others dispel the fears the past can conjure. But he has no explanation for the increasingly bizarre paranoia affecting the inhabitants of Caldonia, CA, many of whom claim to see terrifying visions and hear ominous voices...voices that tell them to do unspeakable things...
It's Deadly...
As madness and murderous impulses grip the coastal town, Will is compelled to confront his greatest fear and unlock the terrifying secret to his own past in a place
where evil isn't just a memory...it's alive and waiting to strike...
I loved so many of the characters and Will's relationship with his three cats (Freud, Rohrshach and Jung) and his friends was a wonderful part of the book. I felt cheated at the end.Everything was so rushed and there were some illogical leaps to tie things up. So, while I liked most of the book I would hesitate to highly recommend it to someone.
The Past...
Will Banning survived a childhood so rough, his mind has blocked it out almost entirely- especially the horrific day his brother Michael died, a memory that flickers on the edge of his consciousness as if from a dream.
Isn't Gone...
Now, as a successful psychologist, Will helps others dispel the fears the past can conjure. But he has no explanation for the increasingly bizarre paranoia affecting the inhabitants of Caldonia, CA, many of whom claim to see terrifying visions and hear ominous voices...voices that tell them to do unspeakable things...
It's Deadly...
As madness and murderous impulses grip the coastal town, Will is compelled to confront his greatest fear and unlock the terrifying secret to his own past in a place
where evil isn't just a memory...it's alive and waiting to strike...
I loved so many of the characters and Will's relationship with his three cats (Freud, Rohrshach and Jung) and his friends was a wonderful part of the book. I felt cheated at the end.Everything was so rushed and there were some illogical leaps to tie things up. So, while I liked most of the book I would hesitate to highly recommend it to someone.
jch2022's review against another edition
4.0
From the back:
The Past...
Will Banning survived a childhood so rough, his mind has blocked it out almost entirely- especially the horrific day his brother Michael died, a memory that flickers on the edge of his consciousness as if from a dream.
Isn't Gone...
Now, as a successful psychologist, Will helps others dispel the fears the past can conjure. But he has no explanation for the increasingly bizarre paranoia affecting the inhabitants of Caldonia, CA, many of whom claim to see terrifying visions and hear ominous voices...voices that tell them to do unspeakable things...
It's Deadly...
As madness and murderous impulses grip the coastal town, Will is compelled to confront his greatest fear and unlock the terrifying secret to his own past in a place
where evil isn't just a memory...it's alive and waiting to strike...
I loved so many of the characters and Will's relationship with his three cats (Freud, Rohrshach and Jung) and his friends was a wonderful part of the book. I felt cheated at the end.Everything was so rushed and there were some illogical leaps to tie things up. So, while I liked most of the book I would hesitate to highly recommend it to someone.
The Past...
Will Banning survived a childhood so rough, his mind has blocked it out almost entirely- especially the horrific day his brother Michael died, a memory that flickers on the edge of his consciousness as if from a dream.
Isn't Gone...
Now, as a successful psychologist, Will helps others dispel the fears the past can conjure. But he has no explanation for the increasingly bizarre paranoia affecting the inhabitants of Caldonia, CA, many of whom claim to see terrifying visions and hear ominous voices...voices that tell them to do unspeakable things...
It's Deadly...
As madness and murderous impulses grip the coastal town, Will is compelled to confront his greatest fear and unlock the terrifying secret to his own past in a place
where evil isn't just a memory...it's alive and waiting to strike...
I loved so many of the characters and Will's relationship with his three cats (Freud, Rohrshach and Jung) and his friends was a wonderful part of the book. I felt cheated at the end.Everything was so rushed and there were some illogical leaps to tie things up. So, while I liked most of the book I would hesitate to highly recommend it to someone.
awesomelybadbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I just couldn't get into this book.
The characters were shallowly written in my opinion. What build up there was in the story was very under-whelming. Then there was a climax that was sort of just there so suddenly and, to be honest, it was even more of a let down then the build up was! I just wasn't a fan of the book. The one saving grace that I can give it is that I did enjoy Kevin and Gabe and sort of wish that there had been more of them in the book or, perhaps, had them as the main characters. This could have been higher rated if it were a slightly shorter story with a little bit better character personality and with an ending that actually MEANT something or packed a bigger punch.
This was just meh.
I can't recommend it for anything.
The characters were shallowly written in my opinion. What build up there was in the story was very under-whelming. Then there was a climax that was sort of just there so suddenly and, to be honest, it was even more of a let down then the build up was! I just wasn't a fan of the book. The one saving grace that I can give it is that I did enjoy Kevin and Gabe and sort of wish that there had been more of them in the book or, perhaps, had them as the main characters. This could have been higher rated if it were a slightly shorter story with a little bit better character personality and with an ending that actually MEANT something or packed a bigger punch.
This was just meh.
I can't recommend it for anything.
ladiicatherine's review against another edition
2.0
I just couldn't get into this book.
The characters were shallowly written in my opinion. What build up there was in the story was very under-whelming. Then there was a climax that was sort of just there so suddenly and, to be honest, it was even more of a let down then the build up was! I just wasn't a fan of the book. The one saving grace that I can give it is that I did enjoy Kevin and Gabe and sort of wish that there had been more of them in the book or, perhaps, had them as the main characters. This could have been higher rated if it were a slightly shorter story with a little bit better character personality and with an ending that actually MEANT something or packed a bigger punch.
This was just meh.
I can't recommend it for anything.
The characters were shallowly written in my opinion. What build up there was in the story was very under-whelming. Then there was a climax that was sort of just there so suddenly and, to be honest, it was even more of a let down then the build up was! I just wasn't a fan of the book. The one saving grace that I can give it is that I did enjoy Kevin and Gabe and sort of wish that there had been more of them in the book or, perhaps, had them as the main characters. This could have been higher rated if it were a slightly shorter story with a little bit better character personality and with an ending that actually MEANT something or packed a bigger punch.
This was just meh.
I can't recommend it for anything.
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