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Summary: Maybe More Fantasy than Horror...
Review: I'm not going to regurgitate what the story was, who the characters were, etc. I do agree with the reviewer that said the number of businesses in a small town -- even a "resort" town, was hard to believe. But the entire story was hard to believe!Good horror is believable. That's why it scares people -- because this COULD happen to YOU! Unfortunately, "Eternity" tried too hard to incorporate too much and became muddled rather than believable. First off, there is the unbelievable number of murders. When you count up them up, you'll notice that the killer has wiped out a nice percentage of the population! And the "town council" won't address the problem. Then there is the issue of "lifers" -- people who have apparently come through "the vortex" and stop aging. And there is the Brotherhood -- whose function is mysterious and remains so since it stays on the sidelines and is never explained. And the ending/confrontation is a total disappointment. As one reviewer said, a real rush job. After a zillion pages of build-up, the reader must feel like "that was IT??" The writing is well done and the characters are fun but the entire story is just too much of a mish-mash for true horror.
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Summary: Tamara Thorne is an evil genius!
Review: If you loved HAUNTED and MOONFALL, there's no chance you'll like ETERNITY any less because it's gruesome, evil fun from page one straight through to the end. The playful Thorne lets out all the stops in this wild serial killer yarn! Read my reviews of all three Tamara Thorne novels by searching for The Chiaroscuro, then clicking on the Book Reviews link.
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Summary: More Fantasy and Mystery than Horror
Review: Tamara Thorne is turning out to be one of my favorite writers. I was surprised when I read Eternity because her previous two books, Haunted and Moonfall, were tradiitonal horror novels. Eternity, on the other hand, is more like half fantasy, half mystery. Still, like her other books, Eternity was fast paced and well written. The main characters were engaging and the residents in the town of Eternity itself were quite entertaining. All in all, Eternity is a great book - just not a horror book.
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Summary: More Fantasy and Mystery than Horror
Review: Tamara Thorne is turning out to be one of my favorite writers. I was surprised when I read Eternity because her previous two books, Haunted and Moonfall, were tradiitonal horror novels. Eternity, on the other hand, is more like half fantasy, half mystery. Still, like her other books, Eternity was fast paced and well written. The main characters were engaging and the residents in the town of Eternity itself were quite entertaining. All in all, Eternity is a great book - just not a horror book.
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Summary: A REAL WASTE OF MY TIME
Review: this book starts out great but becomes totally unbelievable..too bad because Thorne has talent, but this book is weak especially at the end...a rush job...this book had potential in the beginning, but turned into what i hoped it didn't....
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Summary: Not to be taken seriously!
Review: This has to be the only amusing (as in laughable) books about a serial killer I ever read! Zach Tully has decide to retire from the LAPD after his wife and son's death. He's been offered a job as sheriff in Eternity, a small town in the mountains of California that relies on tourists for their bread and butter.The town boasts of their own little stonehenge on Icehouse mountain. A circle of rocks that has a mind altering wave of energy emitting from within. There also been reports of UFO activity and Bigfoot sightings.There are lunatics from Shady Pines sanitarium and a serial killer running loose too. If Tully had done his homework on Eternity he would have gone elsewhere. In my own warped sense of humor, here's were the tragic comedy starts. The serial killer has no preference it seems in who he kills or how it's done. Before Tully gets a break from the scene of one crime, there's a report of another murder. Tully, who is reputed as a serial killer specialist having caught 2 back in LA, just can't figure this mystery out fast enough. I thought by the time I finished this book, everyone in the town would be dead. I suppose that would have narrowed the suspects down. The serial killer can't believe Tully can't figure it out either. Especially with all the clues he keeps leaving him. Very entertaining. Not for the squeamish.
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Summary: A FUN LITTLE READ
Review: THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK BY TAMARA THORNE THAT I HAVE EVER READ. I PICKED IT UP BECAUSE OF THE OTHER REVIEWS AND IT WAS ON SOMEONE'S LISTMANIA. IT WAS AN EASY READ, I FINISHED IT IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. NOTHING TO HARD ABOUT THIS BOOK. THE CHARACTERS WERE BELIEVEABLE, AT LEAST THEY ACTED REAL,I KNOW NONE OF THIS STUFF IS POSSIBLE. IN SOME POINTS IN DID BECOME KIND OF HOKEY AND TRITE, BUT WHEN YOU KNOW ITS ABOUT A TOWN FULL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DEAD OR MISSING YOU KIND OF PUT THAT TO THE SIDE. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD READ. I DOUBT THOUGH THAT I WILL READ ANYTHING ELSE SHE HAS WRITTEN. IF I WANT A GOOD SCARE I'LL GO TO KING, BARKER OR STRAUB. AND IF THEY FAIL ME I CAN ALWAYS READ THE WORLD SECTION IN THE NEWSPAPER.
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Summary: Great read from Tamara Thorne
Review: This was a great read from tamara Thorne, who never disappoints. She's much better than alot of famous horror writers out there, her characters are always interesting, story lines always at the top of the game. Eternity is great: time-travel, Jack The Ripper, serial killers, mysteries - one after another. You won't be disappointed. A great book.
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Summary: A Little Horror, A Little Mystery, A Little Romance
Review: This was one of those books where you just have to suspend your disbelief and go along for the ride. It wasn't a horrifying as I thought it was going to be, or maybe I've just become inured to murder and mutilation in stories. (Scary thought, that.) It was pretty clear-cut as to who the killer was in both locations, and any other town faced with that number of dead bodies would have surely called in the FBI. But leaving all that aside, it was an interesting premise, with a stalwart but emotionally wounded hero, a heroine who's rediscovered her personal strength, and a child who wasn't obnoxious.
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Summary: A Little Horror, A Little Mystery, A Little Romance
Review: This was one of those books where you just have to suspend your disbelief and go along for the ride. It wasn't a horrifying as I thought it was going to be, or maybe I've just become inured to murder and mutilation in stories. (Scary thought, that.) It was pretty clear-cut as to who the killer was in both locations, and any other town faced with that number of dead bodies would have surely called in the FBI. But leaving all that aside, it was an interesting premise, with a stalwart but emotionally wounded hero, a heroine who's rediscovered her personal strength, and a child who wasn't obnoxious.
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