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Lori

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Rober Bloch's "Lori" begins as a gripping story, but halfway though the book the author begins to draw the plot on too long. One gets the feeling he was stalling the conclusion, and it makes the work seem rather boring towards the end. And considering that there's only one truly frightening scene in this so-called "horror" fiction, it wasn't very satisfying. I expected more.

Lori Holmes returns from college graduation to a destroyed life: her childhood home engulfed in flames, her parents dead in the blaze, a successful family business abruptly bankrupt. This is the beginning of Lori's nightmare; it will end with a death - but whose? From my point of view, who cares? I think I expected too much, knowing that this was a "Robert Bloch" novel. My mind wandered throughout, and I never could get into it. I've read many books in the genre that have held me spellbound, notable, in recent years by Mary Higgins Clark. I can't help but wonder what she would have done with this plot. Perhaps I'll read "Lori" again, in a few years, and see if my perceptions improve any; and perhaps I won't. (Too many books and too little time.)