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Post by Emily on May 28, 2011 11:32:10 GMT -5
I have a fond place in my heart for horror writers and this was a page turner every second that I read this book, the more I found myself taken back to that same feeling that authors like Stephen King for example gave me. The fear and never knowing just what was going to happen next. He's a wonderful writer and I personally can't wait to read and know more about him. I eagerly await his next book with baited breath and only believe that it will be as good as this first and last one I have read. The characters were very well thought out and rounded, I found affinities for all of them and wondered at times if how I could almost feel as if I was pulled into the story myself. I wanted to do what I can't stand at times when watching a movie and tell them to turn around, or run. To even reach in and save them myself. Anything to keep someone from going through that torture. To all out there pick up this book, if you like horror or your unsure this may be the one that makes you want more just as I do.
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Post by kitty on Jul 18, 2011 18:53:08 GMT -5
"HULL'S LANDING" BY JAMES MELZERJames Melzer definitely reminds one of a young Stephen King. This story scared the **** out of me. In some ways it kind of reminded me of "The Stand" another great horror by the master, but it had a completely original twist that I absolutely loved. The fact that the town was afflicted with this horrible evil was what really excited me about the development of the story.
James did a fantastic job as well using the history as filler for the story in a way to get you acquainted with the characters individual pasts.
Overall, for a horror story I give this an extremely high rating and I hope to read more of James Melzer's work in the near future.
-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club
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