Review: Something in the Mine.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
Meg and Harry have moved away from the city for a quieter life to try to deal with the death of their baby. Meg is left along most of the time as Harry must still commute to his city job to support them, something he constantly reminds her of.As she settles into her new surroundings she begins to explore the area around her cottage and comes across an abandoned mine, something about the mine unsettles her as well as strange sounds being heard at night and mysterious handprints appearing under her bedroom window. She does some research into the mine and soon realises that something ancient has been awoken.I found Meg to be a really engaging character, the story is told through her and as it progresses you begin to wonder what is real and what may be a product of Meg's grief. I really liked the authors writing, it flows beautifully and keeps drawing you in to the story, my one gripe would be that I wasn't really sold on the 'something ancient', it just didn't gel for me with the story.This is an unsettling read and well worth picking up to sample the writing skills of Mr Fry. Recommended.