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A review by larry_yonce
Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz
3.0
Will Burgess...takes a licking and keeps on ticking
Slightly disappointing horror novel which stretches itself a bit too thin. The first half of the novel developed as a very good, scary, coming-of-age story. But the second half mostly dropped that thread and focused on what lurks in Savage Hollow, and I started to lose interest at that point. For this reader, the scariest and best written scenes were those involving Carl Padgett...The Moonlight Killer.
Some plot holes exist. Witness testimony should have led to a different ending for one character in particular. And the final paragraph or two could lead right into a sequel.
Overall I liked it and would read more from Jonathan Janz.
Slightly disappointing horror novel which stretches itself a bit too thin. The first half of the novel developed as a very good, scary, coming-of-age story. But the second half mostly dropped that thread and focused on what lurks in Savage Hollow, and I started to lose interest at that point. For this reader, the scariest and best written scenes were those involving Carl Padgett...The Moonlight Killer.
Some plot holes exist. Witness testimony should have led to a different ending for one character in particular. And the final paragraph or two could lead right into a sequel.
Overall I liked it and would read more from Jonathan Janz.