It was time to play.The Kill Creek House is infamous - one of the most haunted locations in America.ĭeath and destruction go hand-in-hand at this house. Just published my October Book Vlog and whew! It was a lot of reading but so worth it! The Written ReviewĪnd as the hands of the clocks clicked to eight past one, the house awoke to the sudden and definite realization that now was the time. *I bought this e-book and the audio with my hard-earned cash and this opinion is my own.* I'm sure this audio will be in my top ten at the end of the year and as such it gets my highest recommendation. Lastly, the narrator: Bernard Setaro Clark? You rock, man! You nailed it! What else is there to say?
For many years, my favorite book was GHOST STORY by Peter Straub, and in my mind, I can't help but compare the two and KILL CREEK holds up to that comparison. I have to admit that I am impressed-even more so when I take into account that this is a debut novel. The writing had a vivid feel to it and the author is terrific in his descriptive passages as well as with his dialogue. I love unpredictability in both my books and my characters-who wants to read about boring flat Stanley? Every single one of them changed throughout, and be they good changes or bad, they were all different people by the denouement. These characters burrowed down deep into my psyche, and I felt like I knew them all intimately. Then, (and get this surprising twist), not all that much happens and everyone goes home! So where's the scary stuff? What occurs that makes so many people rave about this book? Don't look at me, I'm not going to spoil it.
Four famous horror authors, Wainwright, the man who orchestrated this affair, (being the founder of a website dedicated to all things horror), and his girlfriend Kate who is there to photograph any happenings. In this case, we actually had 6 people staying overnight, on Halloween, to boot.
But between the characters themselves, the background of the house, and how everyone came together, slowly this story began to win me over. I'm happy as hell to be proven wrong on that.Īt first, I'm not going to lie, the standard trope of four people staying overnight in the oh-so scary house, did not impress me. Simply said, KILL CREEK was AWESOME! I've long been suspecting that a really good haunted house book was a thing of the past.
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