Review: Keene's experiment is a success!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
The Girl on the Glider introduces us to one of Brian Keene's most interesting and complex characters--himself.Keene's foray into metafiction is a successful one. The Girl on the Glider chronicles Keene's personal ghost story, as well as his private struggles as a husband, a father, and a cult horror writer with a big fan base but modest bank account.Keene tips his hat to the authors that have walked this literary road before him; Hunter S. Thompson, Tim Powers, and Stephen King. The Girl On The Glider also shares a thematic bond with Whitley Strieber's "all-true tales." Is it easier or more difficult to suspend your disbelief when the storyteller is a known spinner of fantastic tales? Does even matter, so long as the writing is good?Keene's ghostly encounter leaves him a changed man -- a better man.The Girl on the Glider has the power to affect readers the same way.