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Summary: Better Than Atmosphere - Similar to Edward Lee's Creekers
Review: A doctor and his family (wife and five-year-old daughter) move out of the big city and into a small town. The local doctor died recently leaving a practice and a town without a doctor. This is a chance too good to pass up.But things start going bad right from the start (literally). Aside from the sickness and accident, there seems to be something disturbing the neighbors. Then his daughter asks about ghosts and fireflies seem to be out early. Eventually the doctor learns about a local legend of a primitive but sophisticated race called the Isolates. They are isolated and seem to be the ones really in charge of the town and its inhabitants. The doctor does not believe at first. But slowly he learns what his part is to be in this town. He does not like it and wants to get himself and his family out of town safely. Nice and creepy. It could have been a little better if the framing piece had been worked on a little better. We are to believe that the book is on tape as the doctor recounts the events in the order they happened. First of all, in the introduction there are some spoilers that would have been better had they been left out. Secondly the closing part of the frame is more like Poe or Lovecraft; you know, the ones where people seem to keep writing even when they are filled with terror or dying? But other than that, this was a very good horror novel and much better than his first (Atmosphere). If you liked this one, you should check out Edward Lee's novel Creekers.
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Summary: Better Than Atmosphere - Similar to Edward Lee's Creekers
Review: A doctor and his family (wife and five-year-old daughter) move out of the big city and into a small town. The local doctor died recently leaving a practice and a town without a doctor. This is a chance too good to pass up. But things start going bad right from the start (literally). Aside from the sickness and accident, there seems to be something disturbing the neighbors. Then his daughter asks about ghosts and fireflies seem to be out early. Eventually the doctor learns about a local legend of a primitive but sophisticated race called the Isolates. They are isolated and seem to be the ones really in charge of the town and its inhabitants. The doctor does not believe at first. But slowly he learns what his part is to be in this town. He does not like it and wants to get himself and his family out of town safely. Nice and creepy. It could have been a little better if the framing piece had been worked on a little better. We are to believe that the book is on tape as the doctor recounts the events in the order they happened. First of all, in the introduction there are some spoilers that would have been better had they been left out. Secondly the closing part of the frame is more like Poe or Lovecraft; you know, the ones where people seem to keep writing even when they are filled with terror or dying? But other than that, this was a very good horror novel and much better than his first (Atmosphere). If you liked this one, you should check out Edward Lee's novel Creekers.
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Summary: Welcome to Ashborough, New Hampshire!
Review: Author Michael Laimo evokes a heartfelt empathy for his characters and draws the reader into their situations right from the very start. DEEP IN THE DARKNESS tells the tale of a doctor and his family who move from Manhattan to Ashborough, NH, a remote, rural town where secrets harbor an unusual and ugly truth from which there is little hope of escape. A wild ride, this novel is a fear-frothed trip through one man's mind as he struggles to protect his family from a deep-rooted evil. Once I started reading, I couldn't put this book down! Very highly recommended!
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Summary: An Amazing HORROR Novel
Review: Deep In The Darkness is by far the best horror novel I've read this year, and I accuentuate HORROR, because the dread begins on page one and simply builds and builds to one of the most terrifying climaxes I've ever read. How's that? This book is excellent. It contains everything a good horror novel should have: great writing, a sense of dread, and a feeling of claustrophobia that never lets up. Michael Cayle, PHd, moves his family from Manhattan to a small New England town where he takes over the practice of a doctor who'd been tragically killed by a dog. The horror starts as soon as the Cayle Family moves in, with excellent foreshadowing of the horror that is about to come. There is no doubt in my mind that this book will do well. I've recommended it to my friends, and feel very confident recommending this to Amazon's customers. Enjoy!!
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Summary: Average horror
Review: Didn't like the tired recycled plot, and the writing style soon got annoying from too many "gotcha" moments and overabundance of gore (boring, even if unintended comic at times). Wouldn't buy this one again if had chance.
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Summary: How does it end? How does it end!!
Review: I received this book as a member of a book club - one of the monthly selections. I had never read anything by this author, but it sounded interesting. I have to admit that I was interested in the beginning, then not so much in the middle, and then so much toward the end that I had to find out how it ended. This will sound odd, but I didn't think this book was great. But, every time I put it down, I kept thinking back to it - wondering what would happen next - so in that way, it held my interest throughout. Much better 'horror' out there, but this was good at what I'd call 'suspense'.
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Summary: How does it end? How does it end!!
Review: I received this book as a member of a book club - one of the monthly selections. I had never read anything by this author, but it sounded interesting. I have to admit that I was interested in the beginning, then not so much in the middle, and then so much toward the end that I had to find out how it ended. This will sound odd, but I didn't think this book was great. But, every time I put it down, I kept thinking back to it - wondering what would happen next - so in that way, it held my interest throughout. Much better 'horror' out there, but this was good at what I'd call 'suspense'.
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Summary: Perfect Horror
Review: I wasn't a fan of Laimo's last book, "Atmosphere", but I decided to give him one more chance to impress me. Everyone can write a stinker once in their career. So I picked up "Deep In the Darkness" and I couldn't stop reading it. Believe me, no one was more surprised than me at how great this book is. It has everything great horror should have... characters you care about placed in insurmountable danger, creepy atmosphere that continues to build and raise the stakes, and a solid story that keeps you hooked. This story reminded me of a lot of Rick Hautala's books from the eighties (especially "Little Brothers"), but I enjoyed the twists and turns and very tight plotting. Everything is done for a reason in Laimo's new book and the pieces of his puzzle connect very naturally from beginnning to end. This has Bram Stoker potential written all over it and I wish Mr. Laimo luck with his success. I feel strange giving this book 5 stars, but I really couldn't find anything wrong with it. I finished it in 3 days and had a blast. Keep up the great work and I hope to see you at Horrorfind this year!
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Summary: A suprisingly creepy little story
Review: I will admit that in the first couple of chapters, this book reeks of Pet Sematery. It borderlines on downright rip-off; however, I think that this only adds to the fact that after chapter 2, the plot is entirely different. It goes down an entirely different path in the spooky woods. I found the plot to be quite original, really.
I think that if you are looking for a perfectly and immaculately written novel of untold psychological terror, you'll be dissapointed. But, if you don't mind jumping over a couple of plot holes in the mostly linear path of this story, you can entertain yourself easily and get a case of the shivers. I thought is was worth 7$ and I look foward to reading more from Mr. Laimo.
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Summary: Tedious reading experience
Review: Is that what modern horror writing is? Paperthin characters that you don't really care about, rip-offs from PET SEMETARY and the TV movie AFRAID OF THE DARK, and writing that is so slow and drawn out that i started to skim at page 170 -- and it was only 360 pages. Skip this--and certainly NOT scary.
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