Reviews

Shadowland by Peter Straub

subparcupcake's review

1.0

I can't even review this. I hated it. Finishing it was like Chinese water torture. I just.. Hated it. I have no idea what the point was... It was just... Ridiculous and bad and ridiculously bad.

I don't want to waste another moment thinking about it, so that's my review.

Not recommended.

buckaroo22's review

This book had me and then didn't, had me then didn't. Once it entered the second act I'd say where the boys are at the uncle's house on Vermont is where things just really started to drag for me. I hate not finishing a book, but honestly each page felt a bit torturous with the difficult (for me) to visualize descriptions of magic/hallucinations/etc. I really wanted to like this and be transported to spooky Vermont magic woods but it just wasn't for me :(

aquint's review against another edition

1.0

“I thought it was creepy from page one! I loved it.”
-Stephen King

I didn’t think it was creepy from page one! I hated it.”
-Adrienne Quint

It was a dull mess of a story with flat, awful characters. I don’t know that 468 pages had ever felt like such a chore to get through.

jeffprov's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

catalystconduit's review

sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

cassstillwill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

erinwhy's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

3.75

narzack's review against another edition

2.0

I think I'm just not a fan of Peter Straub. I just don't like his prose. At least it's better than shitty Hellfire Club.

paulkopar's review

dark medium-paced

4.0

bwky85's review

3.0

First act:

Brilliant. Great character development and intriguing

Last act:

Muddled and hard to keep up with. Makes it go from a 5 to a 3.