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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book did a good job of holding my interest, but the quotations at the beginning of each chapter annoyed me. I don't feel that they added anything to the story. My favorite quote from the story itself: "So, aside from living in a sylvan village where a homicidal maniac who makes Jack the Ripper look like the Tidy-Bowl Man is terrorizing the populace, how's life been treating you?" (Charlie Lewis) Welcome to Dreamthorp, Pennsylvania - an idyllic little resort town full of picturesque cottages, friendly neighbors and a sleepy, picture postcard-style atmosphere. It is to this quiet little town that two people from the city can finally come to get away from it all. A place where one can escape and start their life over... Laura Stark is a woman on the run. She has fled to Dreamthorp in order to recover from a brutal attack perpetrated by a crazed rapist - the same attack during which she saw him mutilate her best friend. Dreamthorp seems like the perfect place for Laura Stark to hide - and forget the past... Tom Brewer is a recently widowed teacher and sculptor, determinedly trying to put his life back together and helping his grieving fourteen-year-old son, Josh. Then one day the peace of Dreamthorp is irrevocably shattered when a couple of local treasure hunters uncover several deeply-buried Native American artifacts. The couple's digging yields some ancient coins, beads, and an unusual-looking amulet. Once the haunted relics are unearthed, a hellacious and centuries-old evil is also unleashed; one that will inevitably exact a horrific vengeance that has no place outside of the gates of Hell. A series of brutal murders occur in the quiet town, rocking Dreamthorp - and its people - to its very core. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was certainly very graphic and gruesome in parts, and the story was somewhat far-fetched in places. However, I found the book to be surprisingly well-written, for horror that was written in the late 1980s and I'm currently looking for more books by this author. I would give Dreamthorp by Chet Williamson an A! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The plot may seem a bit campy, but I was surprisingly enthralled with this book. I was expecting the worst, maybe because I'm being prejudice by linking bad horror movies from the 80's with the horror in literature, so I wasn't expecting such a well-written book, with so many likable characters. People dying in a horror novel rarely will rarely a strong emotional response in me, it's kind of expected, but Chet Williamson definitely emphasized the tragic nature of death, while still maintaining a dark and creepy atmosphere. Something other horror writers should take note of.
The book does feel a little dated at times, such as when a character struggles to come to grips with their sexuality, however the author's take on equality hit all the right buttons for me. The book offers a wide variety of characters and viewpoints and it was nice to see the full spectrum represented. What a nice change from the typical one-sided chauvinistic slants you find in most stories. ( )