A review by bookwormstl
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

1.0

I loved this author's first book, but haven't liked many of the rest. Why I keep reading them I will never know. This book is utterly ridiculous. I love a good horror story--especially a smart one--and can usually suspend disbelief but a 21st century town in which there is a coven of "herbalist" witches who will murder to get what they want and NO ONE stops them, or even seriously questions them? We are supposed to believe that half the town belongs to the coven, and the other half runs scared while continuing to live there anyway without attempting to change things? Despite the trauma from which the main character is suffering--PTSD--it was difficult for me to summon any kind of sympathy for him or anyone else in this book. This is the last book I will read by Bohjalian. Do not waste your time.