A review by kmt75
Shadowland by Peter Straub

dark 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? No

1.75

As bad as Ghost Story but in a different way. Just a mess. Overlong. Incomprehensible in places. The framing device sucks and needlessly complicates the entire, mostly unnecessary, first third of the book. And there's a Bugs Bunny cameo. This is the kind of schmaltzy, nostalgic 50s coming of age garbage that a whole bunch of 80s horror writers love and that only Stephen King can kinda, sort of pull off. Sometimes.