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Summary: Be prepared to be scared.
Review: This darkly disturbing yet entertaining novel is a must read for anyone who doesn't mind a story bending the "rules" of the genre's "formula." Douglas Clegg has woven a tale of facing evil both within and without. Between battling old demons of the supernatural and psychological kind, Joe Gardner brings his family home to Colony, West Virginia, and discovers his mother isn't as bad as he remembered, but the town is a lot worse.
Douglas Clegg sets a breakneck pace from page one that will leave the reader's mind spinning. His writing is crisp and descriptive--sometimes telling you more than you wish he had. But he never lets up until the satisfying finish. Excellent, realistic characters, wonderful dialogue, a good read for horror lovers -- but it's not your everyday horror book.
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Summary: Recommendation from Douglas Clegg
Review: This novel, The Children's Hour, is my top-seller in fiction, and I believe this is because it is also one of my best stories. It is concerned with a man and his family facing a horror which began over a decade previous and which now is re-emerging, and taking with it, the children of the town of Colony, West Virginia. I hope you readers enjoy it, and I want to thank you for giving it a read. Isn't the Web amazing? Bookstores through the computer. This is a reader and writer's dream
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Summary: Didn't like the ending.
Review: This was a great book for most of its length. Comparable to 'salems Lot, one of my favorites. But the ending.... It was a bit hard to believe that a monster that had been built up to be extremely powerful, and who had wreaked considerable havoc, could be dealt with in the manner described near the end of the book. And who was able to survive the reign of terror? A select few. But surprisingly, not as select as might have been expected. Anyway, an excellent suspensful build-up, but a questionable conclusion.
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