Reviews

Darkness Follows by Mike Dellosso

faithfulgirl4's review

4.0

http://molcotw.blogspot.com/2011/06/cfba-darkness-follows-by-mike-dellosso.html

catrev's review

5.0

Darkness Follows by Mike Dellosso is a haunting novel of a father's love. Samuel Travis is recovering from a brain injury that has kept him confined in his home for the last several months and took away his job. Sam is frustrated with his loss of ability and independence and wife Molly and seven-year-old daughter Eva have to bear up under his mood swings. Sam's recovery takes a dark turn when he suddenly starts hearing the voice of his brother Tommy who has been dead for two decades and then finding diary entries from a Civil War soldier written in Sam's own handwriting. Sam tries to put together to clues to understand what's going on while Eva begins having conversations with an imaginary friend named Jacob who looks as though he was dipped in glue and rolled in glitter and tells Eva to tell Sam that she loves him and that Jesus does as well. Meanwhile Pennsylvania state senator Stephen Lincoln has had a sudden change of heart about abortion and is seen by a turncoat by Democrats and possible presidential hopeful by the Republicans. Lincoln is preparing to give the speech of his lifetime in Gettysburg on the anniversary and site of President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address. And a mysterious man named Symon has come to town with Eva as his target and a quick trigger finger and a obsession with asking his victims if they recognize him. All of these stories come together in a riveting and gut-wrenching climax that left me gasping. Dellosso's writing is absolutely compelling and thrilling. Read this one with the lights on with plenty of time to go from beginning to the last page without stopping for a single bathroom break and for some sections even a single breath! I look forward to every one of Dellosso's books with great anticipation; he's that good.

daphself's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I AM DARKNESS
CEMETERY
SPEECH
KILL
LINCOLN

As you read: Pay attention. See the clues. Understand the signs.

Only light can hold back the darkness. And evil spirits follow generations.

In Mike Dellosso's Darkness Follows, readers find themselves in a gripping tale of darkness and the battle for a man's soul.

How far would you go to protect your child? What would you do? Who would you trust?

Keeping me enthralled and flipping pages to uncover the truth, Darkness Follows is a suspenseful thriller that pushes a reader into a corner or leaves the reader huddled under blankets.

Take a pause. Grab the Bible and read. Then devour the story some more.

I immediately started writing down clues from the Gettysburg journals. I kept my mind on the daughter's mysterious companion. I prayed for the character.

With original and detailing descriptions the reader will forget that these are fictional characters. So deep is the emotional river that the reader will be swept away by the story.

Like many of my other favorite authors, Mike Dellosso never disappoints me.