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House of Windows by John Langan
3.0

Very solid but very much a debut in how messy the ideas are and in how many of them flow freely here. I also was peeved that the actual power of the house is never really explained - too many concepts and not executed with panache. Still, Langan is a superb writer of horror literature and the chief theme of his work (the human, costly desire to reunite with those claimed by death) is here in all its palpable yearning. A bit of a rough draft for the elegance and absolute terror of The Fisherman.