Review: Haunting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2012
I wavered between giving this novel four or five stars. There are too many one and five star reviews on Amazon, especially regarding novels by indie authors. Many of those one and five star ratings come from folks with an agenda: they want to cut down the competition, or they're "camp followers" trying to give the author a boost.Let me just admit that I AM a camp follower. I like the heck out of Jason's writing. I leaned toward four stars not because of the quality of the novel, but because, well, it asks for a certain investment from the reader. It is not a lightweight summer beach book, and it took a while to engage with a first-person narrative from a supernatural being.For that reason, I'd advise readers to introduce themselves to Jason's world by readingThe Night Walk Men: A Novella, free on Amazon for the time being.I decided, though, not to rate this novel with four stars in spite of the "investment" it asks from the reader, and that's because it has stayed with me in a way that doesn't happen often. Think Ray Bradbury meets Robert Silverberg, and that may prepare you for the creative world of Jason McIntyre.