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A review by scarletcarnival
Shadowland by Peter Straub
5.0
Shadowland is the last book read for 2013. It’s an old favorite I read back in high school for the first time and absorbed as much of my own personal view of the universe as anything in the Dune series.
A story of two boys—no, three boys—two men and a girl. It’s almost classic in a sense. It’s a story that goes through the difference between destiny and fate, magic and illusion, power and luck. There is a lot of depth to the story. In so many ways, I want to say this is a child’s story. But it’s an adult story even though the main characters are teens no older than my own son.
Shadowland takes a ride into the imagination that is dark and seductive. It’s not the cute and cuddly magician’s training of Harry Potter. It is tough as a crucifixion and genuine as first love. Highly recommended.
A story of two boys—no, three boys—two men and a girl. It’s almost classic in a sense. It’s a story that goes through the difference between destiny and fate, magic and illusion, power and luck. There is a lot of depth to the story. In so many ways, I want to say this is a child’s story. But it’s an adult story even though the main characters are teens no older than my own son.
Shadowland takes a ride into the imagination that is dark and seductive. It’s not the cute and cuddly magician’s training of Harry Potter. It is tough as a crucifixion and genuine as first love. Highly recommended.