Symphony

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Summary: "Death has come to Maple Landing."
Review: Death, the first horseman of the Apocalypse, and who is actually a woman tooling around in a car with a hood ornament shaped like a horse, comes riding into a small town to do battle with an apparently paranormally gifted minister. Author Charles Grant, as has been his style for years, pays closer to building an atmosphere of mystery and impending doom than any kind of actual story. Those looking for something that speaks in whispers and enigmas will find something to like here, others wanting something more focused on plot and answering the questions it raises should look elsewhere.

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Summary: Well-defined characters, suspense - great opening for sequel
Review: I enjoyed Grant's style and did not find it to be a confusing book at all. The characters are drawn clearly, remain true and seem entirely believeable. I went out and immediately hunted down In the Mood - which I found to be even better and more foreboding. I am definitely ready for the next installment. The only thing I'm confused about is that it's been referred to as a trilogy, a quartet and even a tetrology. However many volumes - I'm game. The only trilogy I am enjoying more than this is Dean Koontz's Fear Nothing, followed by Sieze the Night, both of which were excellent. The 3rd installment is yet another anxiously-awaited printing. I say - Read Charles Grant's Millenium series - it's worth it!

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Summary: I don't get it...
Review: I thought this book was good. I'll admit, it's not the best, and at times can be confusing, but the confusion fits the format. It's definitely an interesting read. I'm interested in the next, mainly because this book seemed to be mostly about setting the scene for the next three. It's the first of four, and should be treated as such.

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Summary: Symphony
Review: I thought this book was good. I'll admit, it's not the best, and at times can be confusing, but the confusion fits the format. It's definitely an interesting read. I'm interested in the next, mainly because this book seemed to be mostly about setting the scene for the next three. It's the first of four, and should be treated as such.

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Summary: I don't buy this Horseman
Review: Somebody please explain to me how this is a chronicle of the Apocalypse.

OK, so a small town in the middle of nowhere explodes into a killing frenzy. From that to the world ending is a loooong way, and Horseman Death has just gotten into a fist-fight with a priest! In the preface of "In the mood", Grant hints that it's happening all over the world. HOW CHEAP CAN YOU GET, MAN? THAT was his story, and he dodged it. It kind of sounds like a reporter supposedly in the middle of World War III covering a bar fight.

This book IS like watching the X-Files. In Greece at least, the series was over before any true revelation or breakthrough had taken place. that's what happened in the book too.

Sure, the hero is a very interesting personality and his way of dealing with an apparent ability to work miracles is well-thought-of, but that's probably where all of Grant's thinking went. The rest of the book is tasteless and meaningless. It took me a month to read. I picked up an 800-page fantasy book (I won't tell you whose or which) right after that, and had eaten through it in a week.

If you're smart like I wasn't, YOU will just skip Symphony.

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Summary: Better than Mr. King could have hoped to write
Review: This book is great, I have now read it 7 times and it gets better every time. It is my favorite book of the series although chariot is a close second. Everybody in the world can see a themselves in this book. Every character represents us as people and I believe that is why some people may be turned off by the book. Stephen King wish he could write this good, this blows "the stand" out of the water. Thank you Mr. Grant for writing the milennium quartet.