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The USA Today bestselling author delivers a terrifying follow-up to the acclaimed Pale Immortal. Haunted by both the town of Tuonela and the betrayal of Evan Stroud, medical examiner Rachel Burton tries to leave, but is brought back by the skinned body found in the woods. Others are coming to Tuonela, drawn to the legend of the Pale Immortal, the so-called vampire whose exhumed body is now on display. And others will die. As Evan succumbs to madness, those around him will suspect the worst of him. But nothing he is rumored to be will compare to the one who has been awakened...
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14 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Somewhere between Not Worth Turning the Pages and Thrilling and Chilling...
2008/6/12
形式:マスマーケット
I've read and loved all of Frasier's works written as Theresa Weir and liked well enough the first two or three as Anne Frasier: Hush, Sleep Tight, Before I Wake. I liked Pale Immortal less and Garden of Darkness less than that, mainly because of the subject matter, but also partly because of the writing.
As Theresa Weir, Frasier turned out very well written edgy romance/mystery character studies, with humor, wit and intriguing storylines. Her male characters had depth and were believable; her female characters had hangups but were sympathetic; you cared what happened to them. I find that to be less true in her novels as Anne Frasier. I was interested enough in Evan Stroud from Pale Immortal to buy GofD, but had I known where Frasier was going (and apparently intends to go) with these characters, I probably would have given it a miss, since I have no interest in the vampire genre. In Garden of Darkness, I liked the teenage Graham and cared a bit about poor suffering Evan himself (though I think his future must remain a mystery to me), but was less interested in the other characters, including Rachel, and cared least of all about the dismal and depressingly dark town of Tuonela, Wis. Too, the quality of the writing is not as good in this book. Pale Immortal didn't have much life (no pun intended) and sometimes plodded along, but Garden of Darkness plods, occasionally feels disjointed and uneven, and suffers from awkward transitions. Also, the mysterious deaths in this novel are never explained. Perhaps we are supposed to assume we know the answer but I like a little Perry Mason closure with my mysteries, even in tales where the supernatural may be at work!
Garden of Darkness was not terrible, in my opinion, but not good enough to tempt me back to Tuonela and its spooky citizenry.
As Theresa Weir, Frasier turned out very well written edgy romance/mystery character studies, with humor, wit and intriguing storylines. Her male characters had depth and were believable; her female characters had hangups but were sympathetic; you cared what happened to them. I find that to be less true in her novels as Anne Frasier. I was interested enough in Evan Stroud from Pale Immortal to buy GofD, but had I known where Frasier was going (and apparently intends to go) with these characters, I probably would have given it a miss, since I have no interest in the vampire genre. In Garden of Darkness, I liked the teenage Graham and cared a bit about poor suffering Evan himself (though I think his future must remain a mystery to me), but was less interested in the other characters, including Rachel, and cared least of all about the dismal and depressingly dark town of Tuonela, Wis. Too, the quality of the writing is not as good in this book. Pale Immortal didn't have much life (no pun intended) and sometimes plodded along, but Garden of Darkness plods, occasionally feels disjointed and uneven, and suffers from awkward transitions. Also, the mysterious deaths in this novel are never explained. Perhaps we are supposed to assume we know the answer but I like a little Perry Mason closure with my mysteries, even in tales where the supernatural may be at work!
Garden of Darkness was not terrible, in my opinion, but not good enough to tempt me back to Tuonela and its spooky citizenry.
17 人中、15人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Darkness but no Garden
2007/12/19
形式:マスマーケット
Oh no, this was not what I expected. Pale Immortal was reasonably believable, but this was way off the grid. For some reason, I expected something totally different, I don't know, maybe I wanted a townsperson to be up to somethig a bit shady, but noooo. I think this may be the last Anne Frasier book I read until she gets back to the days of Sleep Tight and Hush. I've read all of her books and this one would definitely be at the bottom of the heap.
4 人中、4人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Disappointed...
2011/9/7
形式:Kindle版|Amazonが確認した購入
My normal review for a solid, well-written book is four stars (I reserve five stars for truly outstanding books). But I had several problems with this book.
First of all, it took a veer into supernatural territory that I wasn't expecting (since the book to which it is a sequel - 'Pale Immortal' - was not supernatural). But I can accept that this might be a matter of taste.
More importantly, the formatting was the worst I've ever seen. Sentences that go halfway across the screen and then split in the middle of a word are bad enough. It's awkward but at least I can still follow the story. But to have no line breaks or some way to indicate a scene change within a chapter is unforgivable. I'd be reading along and all of a sudden realize that it doesn't make sense, then have to back up and figure out where the scene changed. It really ruined the book.
One final thing - I'm assuming that the 'bad guy' committed the two murders. But that's never actually clarified and no reason is given. Didn't make sense to me.
First of all, it took a veer into supernatural territory that I wasn't expecting (since the book to which it is a sequel - 'Pale Immortal' - was not supernatural). But I can accept that this might be a matter of taste.
More importantly, the formatting was the worst I've ever seen. Sentences that go halfway across the screen and then split in the middle of a word are bad enough. It's awkward but at least I can still follow the story. But to have no line breaks or some way to indicate a scene change within a chapter is unforgivable. I'd be reading along and all of a sudden realize that it doesn't make sense, then have to back up and figure out where the scene changed. It really ruined the book.
One final thing - I'm assuming that the 'bad guy' committed the two murders. But that's never actually clarified and no reason is given. Didn't make sense to me.
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