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Those Across the River

Name: Those Across the River
Author: Christopher Buehlman

by Christopher Buehlman

2011•Horror•352 pages

Taste attributes: horrordramamonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA dark horror novel that is emotional and weighty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.7 / 5

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About This Book

Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family's old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HorrorDramaMonster/alien/supernaturalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

World War, 1914-1918PlantationsFamily secretsMemoryVeteransGeorgiaSecrecy

Details

Author: Christopher Buehlman
Published: 2011
Pages: 352
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Source: Open Library

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