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Summary: Creepy
Review: This is a cool update to the classic Poe story. It follows the continuing story of the Usher clan in the modern day. There is great dark atmosphere in the huge Lodge and the Mansion the is a true twist at the end that will take you by surprise!
Rating:
Summary: One of McCammon's best
Review: USHER'S PASSING was written early in McCammon's career. Whether or not it stands up to Poe's short story is a decision the reader must make for themselves. But when you take USHER'S PASSING in and of itself, it stands up as an awesome novel. The plot revolves around one of the Ushers(the first name eludes me) disapproving of how his family made their wealth and his efforts to strike out on his own as a horror writer. Circumstances force the writer to return to the Usher estate and participate in a power struggle to claim the vast Usher fortune. The ending of the book, without revealing too much, makes a statement about how power corrupts. It is a brilliant combination of gothic horror and history that shows how the Usher's went from a small munition supply company in the Civil War to becoming a multibillion dollar state of the art weapons industry.
Rating:
Summary: One of McCammon's best
Review: USHER'S PASSING was written early in McCammon's career. Whether or not it stands up to Poe's short story is a decision the reader must make for themselves. But when you take USHER'S PASSING in and of itself, it stands up as an awesome novel. The plot revolves around one of the Ushers(the first name eludes me) disapproving of how his family made their wealth and his efforts to strike out on his own as a horror writer. Circumstances force the writer to return to the Usher estate and participate in a power struggle to claim the vast Usher fortune. The ending of the book, without revealing too much, makes a statement about how power corrupts. It is a brilliant combination of gothic horror and history that shows how the Usher's went from a small munition supply company in the Civil War to becoming a multibillion dollar state of the art weapons industry.
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