Review: Chills and Thrills
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2013
Dan Mauer's SNOW DAY effectively depicts a vivid sense of what life was like for pre-teen neighborhood boys in 1975. He does so in a multitude of ways, none of which come off as contrived - no easy feat in itself. I found the read to be more than a little nostalgic, in addition to being highly entertaining, as it accounts for a day unencumbered by school wherein our narrator's experience quickly turns from that of unbridled fun to one of harrowingly close calls as he is pursued by a menacing presence in the "idyllic" neighborhood and time of his youth.