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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Compelling suspense,
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This review is from: Sweetheart, Sweetheart (Paperback)
I first became interested in this writer because of this book. "Sweetheart, Sweetheart" is on several Best Horror Novel lists-and rightfully so. This author excels at building suspense slowly; he's not a thrill-a-minute writer. But you'll still be unable to put his books down. He's also very good at characterization, which modern horror writers (except for Steven King)tend to ignore; he really makes you care for his protagonists, which makes his books poignant as well as scary. This book has several interesting twists that I didn't see coming. His "Godsend" is also excellent and a must read if you're a fan (like me) of the "evil child" trope.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A page-turner with a horrific and haunting ending.,
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This review is from: Sweetheart, Sweetheart (Paperback)
I had heard that SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART was one of the best ghost stories ever written, and I was expecting something like Richard Adams' THE GIRL IN A SWING. Mr. Taylor writes in a much simpler style, and I was a bit disappointed at first. But as soon as I got into the story I was grateful for this, because I really wanted to know what happened next and I raced to the end. It is a frightening story, hair-raising in places but hovering above all a sense of impending tragedy. The protagonist, David Warwick, returns to his native England from the US to visit his twin brother and his new wife, sensing that his sibling is in some kind of terrible trouble. When he arrives, he learns that they have both died violent deaths. The rest of the story details his unraveling of the supernatural mystery behind their deaths, and his desperate attempt to keep the evil from "claiming" him. The ending is very memorable----it will linger with you for days.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Sweet Read, This Novel's Thrilling Aspect is Just as Great Today as it Originally Was in 1977!,
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This review is from: Sweetheart,sweetheart (Mass Market Paperback)
Bernard Taylor is one of the horror genre's greatest authors and has never received the accolades for his talent that he should have, especially outside of England. His second novel, Sweetheart, Sweetheart, first published way back in 1977 capitalised on the momentum from his debut novel The Godsend and proved he was no one hit wonder. Although he hasn't published as large a volume of work as say Stephen King you can rest assured that when you pick up one of his novels it will always be good. His most terrifying novels in my opinion are the ones that don't involve the supernatural at all and instead show the world the true evil of humans and I recommend you don't leave the library, bookstore, Amazon or wherever you get your books from without reading his masterpiece Mother's Boys! If you want something that will make it hard to sleep at night, then that's the novel for you.
In the classic and ageless Sweetheart, Sweetheart, David returns to England after living in the USA to visit his twin brother and wife and check out their countryside cottage they've been raving about. To his shock and heartbreak he learns from his estranged father that his brother actually died in a car crash, his funeral's been and gone and that he has actually inherited his brother's cottage. Puzzled as to why his brother didn't leave the cottage to his wife Helen instead of him, David decides to visit the cottage and find out why. At the cottage he meets Jean Timmins who reluctantly tells him where he can find Helen, which is the cemetery. His brother and his brother's wife both died violent deaths outside the cottage within a week of each other and Jean and others in the nearby village seem reluctant to give him any details. David decides to stay on until he finds out exactly what happened. It seems someone who regularly visits the cottage will kill to have him around permanently anyway.
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