Darkside [Mass Market Paperback]

Dennis Etchison (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Charter / Berkley; 1st edition (December 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708833993
• ISBN-13: 978-0441138197
• ASIN: 0441138195
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,014,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eerie, November 24, 2000

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mellion108 (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkside (Hardcover)

Doug loves his family. He's been a wonderful father to his step daughters and he does his best to keep his family safe and happy. Daughter Erin reaches out for comfort from teen angst and finds all the wrong influences. Doug must enter a dark, surrealistic world to save his family; he is taken to the utmost limits to see how far he will go for the people he loves.
Etchison is an amazing horror writer. His work is always a treat, and this novel does not disappoint. Be warned: this is a dark story with a not-so-uplifting message. Still, to get your hands on anything written by an author recommended by Stephen King, Charles Grant, Peter Straub, etc. is definitely worth the effort.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Meh., September 11, 2009

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D. J. Anderson "lover of things fantastic" (Midwestern America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkside (Hardcover)

Dennis Etchison has written some amazing horror fiction in his time. I would rank some of his short stories as among the best of his generation. With that said, this novel was very disappointing. I kept waiting for something horrific, or even INTERESTING to happen, but just when I thought something was coming, I was let down.

Without spoilers, here's the plot: A decent beginning leads to a plodding middle section and an overly-metaphysical ending. The End.

Etchison is b...more Dennis Etchison has written some amazing horror fiction in his time. I would rank some of his short stories as among the best of his generation. With that said, this novel was very disappointing. I kept waiting for something horrific, or even INTERESTING to happen, but just when I thought something was coming, I was let down.

Without spoilers, here's the plot: A decent beginning leads to a plodding middle section and an overly-metaphysical ending. The End.

Etchison is better than this. Grab one of his short story collections to get familiar with his work and read this later as a curiosity.