Mystery Walk [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert R. McCammon (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine; First Thus edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345315146
• ISBN-13: 978-0345315144
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,663,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the award-winning Boy's Life and Speaks the Nightbird. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His latest novel, MISTER SLAUGHTER, is the third book in the Matthew Corbett series. It is available now from Subterranean Press. Look for THE FIVE in Spring 2011!

Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com

Customer Reviews

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ranks near the top of McCammon's game, February 20, 2001

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Benjamin K. Potter "loyal reader/writer" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mystery Walk (Mass Market Paperback)

I'd say that you might want to start with SWAN SONG or BOY'S LIFE (McCammon's 5-star efforts) before you delve into this. This would be many authors' best effort, but then again, this is McCammon we are talking about.

You should read this book for the same reasons you should read any McCammon book: He sizzles as a storyteller. He is one of the best prose writers in modern fiction. You will really lose yourself in this book, which I can only describe as wildly imaginative and captivating. Some of the book's sections will blow you away. The part where Billy confronts a saw that screams like a man really chilled my blood.

The book weakens a bit toward the end. McCammon introduces some entirely new characters pretty late into the book. It's hard to care about them when you're so drawn into the characters he's been developing for 350 pages already: namely, Billy, Wayne and Ramona. The book's journey is ultimately a good one, though (even though it wraps up a little too neatly for my tastes), and it will make you contemplate whether you are on a mystery walk of your own.

If you are a fan of modern horror or suspense, you need to start reading McCammon's works, even if you decide that you aren't going to read this book. He's still a pretty well-kept secret, I think...

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great work by McCammon, December 28, 2001

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Annie (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Walk (Mass Market Paperback)

McCammon never fails to deliver a good read. McCammon has a way of drawing the reader into the story, enfolding the reader in the world he creates. Mystery Walk is about a young boy named Billy Creekmore who's blessed, or perhaps cursed, with the special ability to speak to the dead and help lead them over to the other side. During his "Mystery Walk" he has to face evil, tests of his strength, and old family secrets. Other McCammon books recommended: Swan Song and Usher's Passing

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whatever emotion you can think off,it's all here.Brilliant., September 28, 2000

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"stealthassasin" (DUBAI, N/A United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Walk (Mass Market Paperback)

Right from page one to finish,unbelievebly hard to put down,moreover this is a story you'd wish there was no ending to. Robert McCammon delivers a roller coster of a ride with all human emotions,highlighting a very powerfull love between siblings and the magical relationship a mother and son posess.This story makes the works of Stephen King seem like stories and novels intended for teenagers.Even top movie directors can never be able to recreate the work of true brilliance on film.I first read the book in '92 and again in '93 and by now all my friends and colleuges have too,its one my life's treasures. By the time you finish the book,one thing is sure to happen,you are going to stare at in your hand and say"That was one amazingly incredable story" and wish someone would make a movie on it.