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Summary: Doug Clegg--A Master Horror Writer!
Review: Doug Clegg knows horror, and it shows. His books are essentials for the shelf of every fan of the genre. I wouldn't miss one for the world!
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Summary: On Douglas Clegg
Review: Praise for the writings of Douglas Clegg:"Douglas Clegg's short stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby!" -- Dean Koontz "...a white-knuckle read from beginning to end. Clegg delivers!" -- John Saul "Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares." -- Robert R. McCammon, author of Swan Song and Boy's Life "Douglas Clegg pulls out the stops of terror!" -- Publisher's Weekly "Every bit as good as the best works of Stephen King, Peter Straub, or Dan Simmons. What is most remarkable is not how well Clegg provides chills, but how quickly he is able to do so." -- Hellnotes "Unforgettable..." -- The Washington Post "Clegg has cooler ideas and is much more of a stylist than either Saul or Koontz." -- Dallas Morning News "Clegg gets high marks on the horror scale." -- New York Daily News
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Summary: Well written, could have ended better
Review: A very well written story, but I think it could have had more to the ending. The end was too vague. I was left with too many unanswered questions.
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Summary: Powerful & Entertaining
Review: I really enjoyed reading Halloween Man, although I am pretty harsh about the horror novels I read. My favorites are Bentley Little, King, Koontz, and now Clegg, and that's because Halloween Man had deeper things going on than just creaking boards and ghosts. It's the story of a boy named Stony from childhood through adulthood as he begins to discover mysteries about his own existence and his place in the world. It also has a great love story within it, star crossed love if there ever *was* any. But the best thing about Halloween Man is the prose is crisp and strong and the images it puts in your head are vivid. When the horror happens, it seems completely real inside this story, and its a real story of sin and redemption in a way that doesn't read like a rehash of older books. My favorite character was probably Nora Chance, and her life was as complex as the hero's, from her own childhood on up (even though she's somewhat over 70 when the book begins.) I also liked Diana, who like her namesake goddess, is a brutal hunter and unforgettable beauty. I have triedto get copies of Goat Dance, Breeder, and The Childrens Hour but I guess they are hard to come by. Halloween Man is worth the time. My only problem with book was that it ended too quickly for me but I guess thats less a criticism than just me wanting it to keep going on and on. Submitted by: Jackie Patterson
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Summary: Brilliant and Terrifying
Review: Douglas Clegg has quickly become my favorite novelist -- especially for brilliant storytelling and dark chills. I bought The Halloween Man several weeks ago and put it behind the paperback of Stephen King's Bag of Bones (which I also loved!) Then I picked up The Halloween Man and from its opening I was hooked. This is a big sprawling epic novel that is all about character and insight -- and horror! It's scary without being brutal, and shocking without being crude. I really loved this book and now I'm off to order Nightmare Chronicles and The Childrens Hour. Clegg you made a fan out of me.
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Summary: entertaining yet frustrating
Review: I found this to be an entertaining yet frustrating read. I believe it took the author too long to make his point, he built the suspense up and kept me dangling until I didn't care who the Halloween man was or what happens to him. I found a few of the characters one dimensional, Mr. Fairclough and Van Crawford were cookie-cutter villians; however, I do believe Stony and Nora had some depth. I also found the ending to be incongruent with the rest of the book because it took a long time for the story to progress and then...bam!...we have the climax and the conclusion in a very short time. Nonetheless, I would still describe my reading of this book as enjoyable.
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Summary: Right Up There With Stephen King and Dean Koontz
Review: I recently bought and swiftly devoured this novel, all on the recommendation of my teenaged son who wanted it and a few other horror novels for his birthday; and my wife had already read Clegg's other novels and recommended them. My son allowed me a few days to read it before he grabbed it back. The Halloween Man is an extremely mature work of absolute terror and mystery; and yes, as others have pointed out, there is a powerfully affecting love story here as well. It's a bit like reading Shirley Jackson amplified for rock and roll; but even that won't do either Jackson or Clegg justice. This is one of those books that critics say "transcends the genre," but I believe even that would be missing the point. The book does have its flaws. There are exquisite scenes that are hurried through as if the action is important enough to take us away from spending some time with the characters ( a few of whom I hated to say goodbye to at the novel's end.) I also felt the horror could've been exploited more; but then that might be the teenager in me who has never quite grown up. My one word to best describe what worked in this novel is simply, 'absorbing'. My son's other novels-gifts included King's Bag of Bones and a book I had to hunt down called Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. I'll read those next. But I was very impressed with this book, with its essence of Halloween wrapped in with a page turning plot full of tunnels and escape hatches and time warps. All of this added up to a brilliant story. Since most of my favorite horror authors are dead (Jackson, Hawthorne, Machen, M.R. James), it's always nice to discover someone fairly new. Did anyone but me think that the last hundred pages happened too fast? The book has an epic feel and scope to it, but I wanted the last third of it to last longer and loom a bit larger. Clegg raises important themes that should have more echo than they do. Despite this, The Halloween Man is one of those novels you do not want to miss if you enjoy good fiction and great horror. Mark Phillips
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Summary: Halloween Man is WILD
Review: Halloween Man is dark and terrifying, but also one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read. The horror grows out of the romantic elements of the story. The four novels I have read this year that I could not put down were The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, The House by Bentley Little, and Ghost Story by Peter Straub which I just read for the first time. I recommend these four novels to anyone who loves a good read and I hope that I find more books by Little and Clegg this year.
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Summary: OK
Review: So the idea wasn't all that original... the characters were interesting and the writing was good. And yes, very complicated.
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Summary: Moving Love Story and Horror all in ONE
Review: This is now the third book I've read by Doug and it is absolutely amazing. Once I ordered it from amazon.com, I began reading it once out of the package and from that monent I could literally not put it down. If the love story doesn't move you, the horror certainly will. Great book and I'd recomend it to ANYONE. Keep 'em coming, Doug.
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