Review: Wonderful Book Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
Scott Nicholson is a fabulous author. He knows just how to hook the reader and draw them in. The First part of the book starts out slow, introducing the characters to us one by one, building a wonderful groundwork of townspeople to add to the drama that we know is coming down the line. Although the story is coming on slow, the story is interesting and keeps the reader interested from the first page. In the second installment, the reader can really feel the undertone of the evil that seems to be surrounding the town and its residents. Each person in town has their own background story and their own road to go down that I am sure will lead them into the whatever creepy, scary finale is sure to come. This is such a fun way to read a book- forcing the reader to wait to get to the next juicy parts. Nicholson is one of the greatest writers I have read. Though this is somewhat of a sequel to The Red Church and The Drummer Boy, with some of the same characters, this is a stand alone book. No background is needed from the other two books to understand what is going on in this one. Everything you need is introduced to you with each character.Great story for the Halloween season!So, now I am up to the 5th installment and I am even more invested in this story. I really want more information about Larkin McFall, as obviously (I don't want to give anything away), there is something seriously up with that man. The only bad thing I can really say about the book is that I am not sure I like the serial format. I just get really involved in the story, turning page after page, and then it stops and I have to wait. At least Nicholson is a fast writer because I am not a patient reader! I am sure I will have more to say as this book goes on.Last edit: I finished the book now and as in all the Nicholson books I have read, this is just fabulous. Loved the characters, the scenes are set so well I can picture everything in my head and the whole thing was just one big creep show- just what Nicholson intended it to be. Yay! Towards the end, I had a feeling of deja vu- it so reminded me of Stephen King's Salems Lot. A little town being taken over by the bad guys and there is no escape, only a few select people seem to be immune to the impurities seeping into the town. I loved the way the story ended- not wrapped up in a pretty little package with a bow, but with some questions as to where this story could end, leaving me thinking who is really the winner here, good or evil? I was surprised by the ending, did not see it coming, so that is yet another score for Nicholson. I read a lot and it isn't easy for me to not see the ending coming.Just a thought on the whole serial as an aside here; I realized halfway through that I am not a fan of this type of book. Just when the big plot, the big swing of momentum got going, it ends while I wait for the next part to get loaded up for me. I never caught up with that last big momentum high that I think I could have had- you know the kind, the one where you stay up way too late reading because there is no way you can sleep when those characters might do something exciting without you!