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A review by nirnroot
Hidden Company by S.E. England, Sarah E. England
3.0
“Do you smell sulphur?” she asks. “No. Diane, there is no devil. Listen to me, you must know the truth of that - deep in your heart? That there is no devil – only humans and the evil deeds they do.”
The darkest most disturbing horror I've read yet and also one of the most gripping. The protagonists were enjoyably colourful archetypes and the prose teemed with lucid sensory details which heightened the terror and suspense throughout, without ever being gratuitous or disrupting the pace and made it a pretty addictive read. But that was the problem for me. I didn't want it to end. Definitely not where it did anyway.
There are ghosts, Welsh fairies, mental illnesses, and demonic entities contained in 300 pages of two oscilating points of view which don't significantly convene, so I don't know what ending wouldn't have left me feeling lost now it's over; all I can say is that there were just some questions I really hoped would have answers so when that didn't happen, this novel just left me feeling more hollow than haunted.
That said, I still won't hesitate to recommend it to anyone prepared for an intriguing thriller with a balanced blend of spine-chilling atmosphere and deep pathos, and I'm anxious to try another of S.E. England's works as soon as I can.
The darkest most disturbing horror I've read yet and also one of the most gripping. The protagonists were enjoyably colourful archetypes and the prose teemed with lucid sensory details which heightened the terror and suspense throughout, without ever being gratuitous or disrupting the pace and made it a pretty addictive read. But that was the problem for me. I didn't want it to end. Definitely not where it did anyway.
There are ghosts, Welsh fairies, mental illnesses, and demonic entities contained in 300 pages of two oscilating points of view which don't significantly convene, so I don't know what ending wouldn't have left me feeling lost now it's over; all I can say is that there were just some questions I really hoped would have answers so when that didn't happen, this novel just left me feeling more hollow than haunted.
That said, I still won't hesitate to recommend it to anyone prepared for an intriguing thriller with a balanced blend of spine-chilling atmosphere and deep pathos, and I'm anxious to try another of S.E. England's works as soon as I can.