Written in the style of his other books, Andrew Michael Hurley has once again taken the reader back to the hills, woods and farms. To be drenched in the folktales and the legends of these out of bound places where the country side owns the land and the farmers are merely the lodgers of the old.
He helps us to feel the isolation of these far out places, of the way the country folk feel about outsiders and people who don't belong in their community. Along with the legends of the moors, Hurley weaves a Gothic tale of lose and grieve between parents so well, that you can feel their pain, feel the mother's hope of finding her son again despite his death being so fresh still. He can make you feel the passion behind the mother and the reluctance behind the father, the frustration behind the sister and late in the book, the fear of the parent's friends.
We see the two sides as clear as day as they make their own way through the passing of their son and the hope that the mother has in a group from the village but at the same time, you can feel the building terror with each turning of the page, the horror that builds the more you learn about the son's behavior and the things that the parent's do and don't do to try and help him through the events.
A tale woven in grief and horror.
An author who knows how to bring Gothic horror to the pages with ease.
High praise for Andrew Michael Hurley and I can honestly say that I await his next book with great anticipation
He helps us to feel the isolation of these far out places, of the way the country folk feel about outsiders and people who don't belong in their community. Along with the legends of the moors, Hurley weaves a Gothic tale of lose and grieve between parents so well, that you can feel their pain, feel the mother's hope of finding her son again despite his death being so fresh still. He can make you feel the passion behind the mother and the reluctance behind the father, the frustration behind the sister and late in the book, the fear of the parent's friends.
We see the two sides as clear as day as they make their own way through the passing of their son and the hope that the mother has in a group from the village but at the same time, you can feel the building terror with each turning of the page, the horror that builds the more you learn about the son's behavior and the things that the parent's do and don't do to try and help him through the events.
A tale woven in grief and horror.
An author who knows how to bring Gothic horror to the pages with ease.
High praise for Andrew Michael Hurley and I can honestly say that I await his next book with great anticipation