Customer Reviews

Dead Love

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

Overall I enjoyed this book, but the ending is where I had problems, very vague and it just fizzled out. Maybe I just didn't get what the author was trying to say, and I could see two possible ways the story could end. Not distinct enough. I did like Sean MacDonald and Pamela and I could feel their pain and frustration over the ghost. Donald Beman has a strong writing style and I would definitely read more of his books. Not a perfect book, but still enjoyable.

Horror writer Sean MacDonald comes to regret accepting an invite to return to his hometown for a book signing at the local library. Seems the spirit of his first love is insanely jealous and is possessing and killing any and all that have captured Sean's interest. Beman's story, despite some narrative wooziness (characters fade in and out of focus, events unfold unevenly) that may or may not be intentional (its like a discomforting nightmare), is tight and easy to read. Each chapter ends on a cliffhanger that keeps the urge to turn the pages and find out what happens next strong. The only downside is that the book is more divertingly creepy than out and out scary. Still I'd recommend it to ghost story fans looking for something a little surreal to read over a long, lazy weekend (which is just how I read it).

And with this book, you won't get much. It is neither suspenseful nor frightening and after you wade through it you still won't know what happened or why.

If you find yourself stuck in an airport with nothing but a sad selection of paperbacks to choose from...if this looks like your best bet, then stick to magazines.

Sean MacDonald returns to the place of his youth, where a series of unexplained murders occur. Lovers, past and present, begin to complicate then threaten his life. Soon, Sean finds himself in the middle of a tug of war among girlfriends, alive and dead. Dead Love is fast paced and a great read for the horror enthusiast.

I find myself reading this book and wondering how old the toldler who wrote it was. The book seems like the author was full of himself and very uneducated. The book drags along one uninteresting page at a time from front to back. I do have to say though, the book does end with a bang, that being the sound your brain makes as it stuggles to figure out the horriblely written ending to this un-masterfull piece. As the title states, I tried to burn the book in my fire place and the book seemed to last hours in its firey death. Even trying to get rid of the book was boring. Worst book ever as comic book guy from the simpsons would say. One star is not a low enough of a rating for this work of trash.....

I am a fan of horror, suspense, but this book just didn't do anything for me. It was poorly written, very hard to follow. The concept was interesting, but this novel goes no where.