A somehow alive, constantly changing town full of doll-like creatures and abominations and seemingly no way out of it. But from then on, it was everything but usual and full of surprises. It started with a well-known premise: some people taking a short-cut and ending up in a nightmare. *I received this book free from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. *If you like Tim Curran as much as I do, please tune in to HAD at the beginning of March for my interview with the man!* -Char This book delivers all that, and it delivers it in spades. I recommend this book to fans of creepy dolls, wild imaginations and nightmares. Tim Curran is one imaginative son of a bitch- I don't know how the man sleeps at night. Overall, I thought this book was crazy good. Those are the only two complaints I have and they're both minor. ) Also, I felt that I didn't get to know a few of the characters as well as I would have liked. (Mostly because I was worried that I would miss something incredibly creative and cool. I found this story to be slightly repetitive in the middle portion, but not enough for me to start skimming. But there's something much worse in Stokes and this group of 6 friends are soon going to find out who or what that is. The occupants of which are mostly animated dolls and mannequins. Go ahead, I'll wait.įrom the unsettling mind of Tim Curran comes this crazy tale of the town of Stokes, which to most, no longer exists. This book is INSANE! I don't even know where to begin. Instead I'm just going to state how this book made me feel. I'm not going to get into the setup since the synopsis already does that.
The plot has been outlined numerous times already so I won't get into detail other than to say that a really creepy idea for a story became diluted and repetitive in novel length, mainly because character development remained minimal and there is really nothing going on here other than nonstop action. Practically all of his novellas actually. Headhunter is another recent example of a really well done novella. His novella Sow is probably the most horrific possession story I have ever read.
I will say that I have only found this to be the case in his novels (for example Hag Night). I do agree with other reviewers who state that Mr. I feel that these types of stories lend themselves to a shorter format because if stretched to novel length, what is horrifying in a tight novella, wears down the reader and dilutes the tension. I think that is because of the types of stories that he writes. I have read quite a few books by Tim Curran that have been published by Darkfuse and elsewhere and, with the exception of Long Black Coffin, also published by Darkfuse, which I felt was perfectly done at novel length, I prefer his novellas. I received an ARC copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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