Review: Good writing, interesting start and then it all goes downhill
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2012
I've read some of this author's other horror works. He certainly can certainly develop characters and set a scene. In this case, the protagonist is a rich man who has a mental illness: he is driven to peep on women. And it has cost him his marriage and his reputation but he still has cash. So you really feel this guy's shame and determination to reform himself even as he arrives in a creepy old town to vacation. The current town and its history are effectively described by the author. But now it all goes down hill. Our 'hero' hardly tries at all to fight his illness and suddenly the town is filled with nubile young women who like to undress by open windows. And just as we lose respect for the 'hero', the rest of the story gets just as ridiculous. I wish someone else had written the second half of the book. Then I would give it another 2 stars.