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A review by karlakayjenniges
The Window by Glenn Rolfe
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"He didn’t notice the reflection he’d left in the kitchen window as it watched him drive away."
Richie is not only battling the demons that are reflecting back at him. He is battling his inner demons. A recent divorce, feeling failure as a parent, struggling with a new relationship and not being able to satisfy, drinking too much and the daily grind.
“Young love. It’s a beautiful thing. Cherish it, especially when it comes in the summer. When you get older, life likes to barge its way in.”
Richie's son James is struggling with having to move to a new town, his mom's new boyfriend, going to a new school, leaving his best friends and the town he loves living in, make new friends, and falling in love with his best friends sister. James is spending the summer with his father and looking forward to one last amazing summer with his friends, but he ends up battling the demons possessing his father.
The demons have their own story which we are introduced to right from the beginning. Their ways of possession are use of enticement and sexual seduction. They are relentless, depraved, and will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. As more is revealed about them, their story is actually a bit sad.
"There was no light without the darkness. It’s all part of the world we live in. The shadows we walk through, and the challenges and the adversity we face."
There are lots of characters throughout that play an important role in this coming-of-age/horror novel. Characters to love, dislike, and feel empathy for. Strong friendship bonds, young love, family affairs, and undertones of religious beliefs. Strengths and weaknesses of inner battles and the battle against the darkness of the demons trying to cross back into the realm of the world.
What I love the most is the ability to feel the authors own personal touch within. Snippets of favorite authors, books, movies, and music. It is always a joy to get a feeling of an author including bits of themselves and feeling a connection. Those nostalgic feelings that make me smile.
I enjoyed this one!
(TW: Blood, guts and gore. Sexual scenes that may be disturbing).
Richie is not only battling the demons that are reflecting back at him. He is battling his inner demons. A recent divorce, feeling failure as a parent, struggling with a new relationship and not being able to satisfy, drinking too much and the daily grind.
“Young love. It’s a beautiful thing. Cherish it, especially when it comes in the summer. When you get older, life likes to barge its way in.”
Richie's son James is struggling with having to move to a new town, his mom's new boyfriend, going to a new school, leaving his best friends and the town he loves living in, make new friends, and falling in love with his best friends sister. James is spending the summer with his father and looking forward to one last amazing summer with his friends, but he ends up battling the demons possessing his father.
The demons have their own story which we are introduced to right from the beginning. Their ways of possession are use of enticement and sexual seduction. They are relentless, depraved, and will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. As more is revealed about them, their story is actually a bit sad.
"There was no light without the darkness. It’s all part of the world we live in. The shadows we walk through, and the challenges and the adversity we face."
There are lots of characters throughout that play an important role in this coming-of-age/horror novel. Characters to love, dislike, and feel empathy for. Strong friendship bonds, young love, family affairs, and undertones of religious beliefs. Strengths and weaknesses of inner battles and the battle against the darkness of the demons trying to cross back into the realm of the world.
What I love the most is the ability to feel the authors own personal touch within. Snippets of favorite authors, books, movies, and music. It is always a joy to get a feeling of an author including bits of themselves and feeling a connection. Those nostalgic feelings that make me smile.
I enjoyed this one!
(TW: Blood, guts and gore. Sexual scenes that may be disturbing).