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A review by cyisreading
Dark Halls by Jeff Menapace
4.0
**some spoilers**
I was drawn to this book by the cover. Everyone said it was a horror classic and some labeled it better than Stephen King himself. I will admit that listening to this was like watching a horror movie. While lengthy, I was missing something. I wanted more creepyness, more horror. I feel like most of it was about Ryan having a mission because he was the chosen one. At the beginning, I was expecting something more sinister. It was kind of disappointed that it was just dark magic. Dark magic being conducted by a heir of some evil woman 200 years ago. It's a 'been there done that' vibe which is why I suppose I wasn't all that impressed. However, that doesn't mean the book was bad or that the author did a bad job. It hooked me enough that I kept going back to know what the heck was going on. Even more to figure out who it was. But the end was just kind of meh. I just was expecting... more. But that's a personal thing!! I was wanting more sinister plot. But that doesn't mean Jeff Menapace didn't do an amazing job writing a book as great as this. Like I said, it was like having a movie playing in my head!
I was drawn to this book by the cover. Everyone said it was a horror classic and some labeled it better than Stephen King himself. I will admit that listening to this was like watching a horror movie. While lengthy, I was missing something. I wanted more creepyness, more horror. I feel like most of it was about Ryan having a mission because he was the chosen one. At the beginning, I was expecting something more sinister. It was kind of disappointed that it was just dark magic. Dark magic being conducted by a heir of some evil woman 200 years ago. It's a 'been there done that' vibe which is why I suppose I wasn't all that impressed. However, that doesn't mean the book was bad or that the author did a bad job. It hooked me enough that I kept going back to know what the heck was going on. Even more to figure out who it was. But the end was just kind of meh. I just was expecting... more. But that's a personal thing!! I was wanting more sinister plot. But that doesn't mean Jeff Menapace didn't do an amazing job writing a book as great as this. Like I said, it was like having a movie playing in my head!