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It's October horror time! Yes, it's late October and I'm late to the party but I had other fish to fry.
Now the big day is approaching fast, and the binge is on for creeps and chills. Let's go!
Our first contestant is Greg F. Gifune.
This is the fourth novel I've read from him. The Bleeding Season and The Rain Dancers were terrific, but this one? Ehh. Ultimately it left me a little cold.
Gifune is an excellent writer. His descriptive prose is good, but where he really excels is through dialogue. Very real, believable stuff. I was really hoping to five-star this review, and halfway through it looked like he was there. But this novel evolved into one of those stories where, at the end of it, you're trying to piece together the timelines, what really happened, what didn't, and frankly these types of novels that leave you in that state piss me off. I'm just glad this was only a 200 page investment of my time.
I will read him again because I think this guy has very underrated talent, but this fell short only because of my taste in story types. It's me, Greg, not you.
So. Plenty of five-star moments. Almost enough five-star dialogue. Lots of 4-star setting and mood.
A one-star for making me wonder what the hell I just read. I'm pretty sure I have it, but not 100%, and this makes me an unhappy camper.
As always, your mileage will vary; read for yourself. Gifune is a fine, fine writer.
Now the big day is approaching fast, and the binge is on for creeps and chills. Let's go!
Our first contestant is Greg F. Gifune.
This is the fourth novel I've read from him. The Bleeding Season and The Rain Dancers were terrific, but this one? Ehh. Ultimately it left me a little cold.
Gifune is an excellent writer. His descriptive prose is good, but where he really excels is through dialogue. Very real, believable stuff. I was really hoping to five-star this review, and halfway through it looked like he was there. But this novel evolved into one of those stories where, at the end of it, you're trying to piece together the timelines, what really happened, what didn't, and frankly these types of novels that leave you in that state piss me off. I'm just glad this was only a 200 page investment of my time.
I will read him again because I think this guy has very underrated talent, but this fell short only because of my taste in story types. It's me, Greg, not you.
So. Plenty of five-star moments. Almost enough five-star dialogue. Lots of 4-star setting and mood.
A one-star for making me wonder what the hell I just read. I'm pretty sure I have it, but not 100%, and this makes me an unhappy camper.
As always, your mileage will vary; read for yourself. Gifune is a fine, fine writer.
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