A Winter Haunting
by Dan Simmons
Taste attributes: horrorpsychologicalmonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryenclosedself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and contained: an unsavoury horror novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage -- and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation.
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- Dan Simmons
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 327
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