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joeypal 's review for:
The Burn Palace
by Stephen Dobyns
I picked this book up mainly for the fact that Stephen King gave it such high praise. I don't know what Mr. King was on when he read this book but such high praise it is not worthy of. I will say the book started good. A shocking start that kept getting stranger and stranger as the story progressed. However, since nothing much was happening by the mid portion of the book I was bored. However, I kept reading on hoping for some real big shocker but was let down with a mediocre conclusion. Also, I feel the book had many loose ends and plot holes. Really, what was the point of Hercel and his magic trick? Just what was the point.? Did I miss something? And the coyote nonsense was just that. Nonsense and for a large part just a filler. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this book when many better reading options are available. I feel that Stephen King only gave this such high praise because the Author mentioned a few of Mr. King's works in this book and he must have felt obligated to give Mr. Dobyns a good review because of it. Skip this one people...You will thank me for it.