Reviews

Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub

sandygx260's review against another edition

5.0

This book is vastly underrated. It sat next to my bed for a year so I could read the last pages and feel inspired. Brilliant.

Best of all Peter signed my book at last year's Readercom. Yeah, I experienced a fan girl moment. Lovely.

UPDATE:

I just read it again this January. So, potent, so frightening, so wonderful.

jabberwock00's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

nigellicus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

5.0

Tim Underhill's sister-in-law takes her own life, and shortly afterwards his nephew goes missing. Yiug boys are disappearing in the locality and it seems almost certain that Mark has met with very foul play. But in the weeks running up to his mother's death and his disappearance, Mark had developed a strange obsession with a deserted house in his neighbourhood. Tim tries to follow events as they unfolded and understand the Mark's fascination with a truly terrible and evil place. 

gazzav's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

magicacat's review against another edition

2.0

I think I need to accept that I just don't like Straub's writing style.
This is an oddly disjointed mix of horror and crime and mystery that I honestly plodded through because it mostly failed to hold my interest.
Tim Underhill might be a master storyteller, unfortunately, in my opinion, Peter Straub just... isn't.
Nevertheless, two stars for a decent story - but the presentation needs work.

fwog19's review against another edition

4.0

Overall, this was a pretty good book, but the ending stunk. Tim Underhill is a very interesting character and it was a nice surprise to see Tom Pasmore pop up again. I would have liked to see a bit more back story on the characters, but given the length of the book, it would have only made it unnecessarily long. Looking forward to reading the next book.

majo_15's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

amryden's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

sweet_tea_and_arsenic's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

bibliophile24's review against another edition

4.0

My favorite Peter Straub yet! I'm told In the Night Room is a companion novel, so I'm reading it next.
This was such a great haunted house story! I haven't scared easily in a long time, and parts of this book actually gave me the creeps. Loved it!