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Summary: Touching AND frightening
Review: The thing that surprised me about this book was how much heart and amazing character developement it had. Chapters would go by where nothing in the traditional "horror" vein would happen (though one of the main characters experiences certainly fit into the real-life horror category) but you don't miss it. In fact, it makes the horrific things that much scarier because you really care about all the characters, and what happens to them. No one dimensional tough guys or women who seem to have a single digit I.Q. occupy these pages.Golden has crafted a great, fast read that packs more character development then books I've read that are three times longer. When the horror eventually seeped in, I was chilled. Even if you aren't into horror fiction, this novel is definitely worth a read.
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Summary: Don't pay the Ferryman
Review: This book reminded me of an old song from the 80s with the lyrics 'dont pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side'. One of the best things about this book is the villian, Charon the Ferryman. Mr. Golden has taken a figure from Greek mythology and made him amazingly frightening.
Particularly interesting is the theory behind Charon's appearance as explained by priests Father Charles and Father Jessup. Because Charon was once worshiped or revered as a supernatural figure his presence still exists, even if the modern world no longer considers him important. Another great thing is that Mr. Golden allows Charon to have human emotions, longing and concern and affection for the protagonist Janine.
Without giving away all of the plot details and the scary ending, I found this book interesting and unsettling, and very good. I'm looking forward to the next Christopher Golden novel.
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Summary: Has moments
Review: This book was very disappointing. I love horror stories and read anything I can get my hands on. The villian in this book is totally unbelievable and therefore not frightening at all. The plot is predictable and boring, in the end it makes no sense whatsoever. Do not read this book, I beg you.
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Summary: Neck Deep
Review: When Janine Hartschorn lost her unborn child she found herself haunted by a vision of a ferryman come to take her across the river. His hand was out demanding the coins of his passage from her. When she throws the coins away and refuses to accept his offer she is thrust back into life. A life haunted also by loss and bad decisions. A year ago she left her relationship with David Bairstow to return to Spencer Hahn. But, once she became pregnant, Spencer left her. Now she is reduced to one friend, Annette Muscari, and the persistent sensual dreams of the ferryman. Annette is also a close friend of David's, and manages to help the two reconnect. But something terrible has happened, something is reaching across the boundaries of dead, something intends evil. This is the start of a novel that pits Charon's greed against the love and belief of a small group of people in Boston, three teachers and a priest. Driven by repeated visits and mayhem from people magically returned from the dead, Pete, Janine, and Annette turn to Father Hugh Charles for guidance. But there is no comfort anywhere. Charon has become fixated on the only woman to reject his boat, and he is willing to raise the dead to destroy those he views as competition. This is a disquieting and moody book, focusing as it does on loss and redemption. Chris Golden takes an original plot device and works it in ways that are surprising for an author who not all that long ago was best known for his novels about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characterization of the protagonists is excellent and believable, although the villains are left a bit too sketchy. Even so, this volume, the first of Golden's post-Buffy work that I've read, displays a mature and effective talent. Well worth investigating.
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