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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
FAST MOVING HALLOWEEN THRILLER,
By Possum-Bread (Pasadena, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Halloweenland (Mass Market Paperback)
If you're looking for a fun paperback to read while handing out candy to the neighborhood kids on Halloween night, get this book. Al Sarrantonio cut his teeth on short stories that progress quickly and this novel is no different. It is fast-moving and entertaining.
The characters are well developed and the action bounces from place to place following a disgraced ex-cop tracking "Samhain", the death spirit of Halloween. I found the washed out cop a symathetic character. Oddly enough, I even began to empathize with Samhain by the end of the story. There is no gore or sex. The language is adult, but mild. I recommend this as a good book for teenage fans of horror, as well as adults looking for a good, scary Halloween story to put you in the holiday mood.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Quick Halloween Read.,
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This review is from: Halloweenland (Mass Market Paperback)
Detective Bill Grant has seen a lot of strange events (weird s**t as he calls it) over the years as a police officer in Orangefield N.Y. , the Halloween capital of America. It's enough to drive a sane man crazy or at least drive one to drink. Detective Grant hopes that Halloween this year will be relatively peaceful and free from any supernatural events. But this is Orangefield. Nothing is ever normal around Halloween. A few weeks before Halloween Jack Carlin is killed in a hit and run accident. After being notified of the time of his death, his wife, Marianne, claims that is impossible because Jack came home and made love to her an hour after he was supposed to have been dead. Samhain sightings, a mysterious pregnancy, harassing phone calls, and the bizarre death of one of Jack Carlin's best friends keep Detective Grant busy as he tries to figure out what Samhain, the Lord of Death, is doing this time around in Orangefield.
HALLOWEENLAND is not the first story set in Orangefield that features Det. Bill Grant. I was unaware of the previous stories while reading the book. That lack of knowledge did not take anything away from my enjoyment of the book nor did it hinder my understanding of the story. However, I think if someone has already read the previous stories with Det. Grant, they will probably have a deeper appreciation of the novel (for instance, characters from previous stories make appearances). The book moves at a fast pace and is very easy to read. I could have read the novel in one day, but because of a busy schedule took about three days to read it through. I did have a few minor qualms about some of the spiritual elements of the book, yet I found HALLOWEENLAND to be a fairly entertaining novel anyway. Overall, it is an average Halloween suspense yarn. The collection also includes the novella, "The Baby". "The Baby" is basically the first part of HALLOWEENLAND, but with a completely different ending.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fantastic Halloween Season Read,
This review is from: Halloweenland (Mass Market Paperback)
This guy is probably the closest thing to a new age Ray Bradbury, especially when it comes to describing the Halloween season. You can basically smell and taste the scenery he describes. A great and quick fun read.
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