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by: Brian Keene
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780843958614
ISBN: 0843958618
Label: Leisure Books
Manufacturer: Leisure Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 305
Publication Date: January 29, 2008
Publisher: Leisure Books
Sales Rank: 41365
Studio: Leisure Books
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Rating: - Pagan Horror
Keene's DARK HOLLOW is a real page turner, a good, old-fashioned fright fest with its horror rooted deep in pagan tradition. The story is well summarized here elsewhere, but this is fresh and original horror, the kind that nags at you to keep turning the pages and keep the lights around you burning, and not just because you can't put this terrifying novel down. A fine effort and recommended highly for fans of quality horror.
Rating:  - Not Keene's Best
I enjoy Brian Keene. He isn't the greatest horror novelist out there right now, but he certainly isn't the worst. I have, for the most part, enjoyed his novels. I love the mythology he pulls into it. The only parts of Dark Hollow that made this a worthwhile read for me was when he was talking about powwow and other sorts of folk magic. I like the allusions to other stories of his, although he isn't very subtle about them.
Overall though I just found this book to be lacking. I ... Read More
Rating: - Oh Brian!
I became a fan of Keene after reading Ghoul. I followed that with The Conquerer Worms, and then I even procurred an autographed copy of his novella, Take the Long Way Home. At some point, however, his books started steadily declining in quality. Is it Leisure, asking him to put out more books than he can supply? Did he get creatively fat on his accolades? Is he content to turn into the horror equivalent of Nora Roberts? I don't know, but I can say at least this book is a little better than Ghost ... Read More
Rating:  - Could have been much better.
In Dark Hollow, an author named Adam Senft (which, while I'm sure is a perfectly good name wherever Mr. Keene is from, sounds like a sneeze and was a bit distracting) has marital problems and a dog. A satyr invades the woods near his house and throws the town into upheaval.
I've oversimplified the plot, of course, to keep from spoiling anything. All of that you get in the first chapter, and it unfolds from there.
I enjoyed the plot. The scenes were perfectly serviceable for ... Read More
Rating:  - old reader
One of the most ragged stories I have read..The characters have no depth, the book is full of cliches, graphic sexual scenes and expletives abound and the dialog overall does not evoke any lasting or worthwhile image.
A new Stephen King he is NOT. I bought this book used because I am a rapid reader and thrillers/fantasy is escapism for me..The reviews were over blown and frankly, even used this book is not worth the money.
Maybe in 10 or 15 years this author will turn into a fair writer. ... Read More
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