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The Winslow Incident
by
Elizabeth Voss (Goodreads Author)
A sleepy small town awakens to the unimaginable . . .
“A strikingly original idea”—Douglas Preston, New York Times Bestselling Author
Welcome to Winslow, Washington, where all anyone expects is another ordinary summer: Tourists taking the ghost town tour, locals cooling off in Ruby Creek, the carnival in Prospect Park. Nothing unusual. That's because residents here have alw...more
“A strikingly original idea”—Douglas Preston, New York Times Bestselling Author
Welcome to Winslow, Washington, where all anyone expects is another ordinary summer: Tourists taking the ghost town tour, locals cooling off in Ruby Creek, the carnival in Prospect Park. Nothing unusual. That's because residents here have alw...more
Hardcover, 1st Edition, 498 pages
Published
December 16th 2011
by Five Star (ME)
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Jan 08, 2013
Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes
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Review of The Winslow Incident by Elizabeth Voss
5 stars
This novel turned out to be much more involved and convoluted than I expected, and it kept me rapidly turning the pages with expectation and anticipation. The tiny town of Winslow, a former late 19th century mining community and named for one of the founding families, harbors untold and unbelievable secrets, lies, grudges, murders, danger, and more. Locked away between mountains, Winslow is almost land-locked, except for the summer tourist i...more
5 stars
This novel turned out to be much more involved and convoluted than I expected, and it kept me rapidly turning the pages with expectation and anticipation. The tiny town of Winslow, a former late 19th century mining community and named for one of the founding families, harbors untold and unbelievable secrets, lies, grudges, murders, danger, and more. Locked away between mountains, Winslow is almost land-locked, except for the summer tourist i...more
This book, a scary thriller, takes place in Winslow, a small isolated community and former silver mining boomtown. There is a lot of tension hidden here just beneath the surface, more than the tourists who come for the ghost town tours or the rodeo would ever guess. There is bad blood among the townsfolk, a history of vigilante justice, and rumors of ghosts haunting the town. When a heat wave comes, cattle begin to die and people behave weirdly—insanity seems to become the norm. The primary narr...more
Please don't let the two star rating mislead you, the book is very well written. It flows very much like a horror movie, 'bang,' and then a bit of drag, then 'bang' in very good order. The setting is beautiful, Voss clearly depicts the world in which her characters live, and the unspoken rules that govern them. The only irritating thing was the repetition of names to locations, while typical in a small town, does become a bit confusing and annoying. It might have helped to have a chart showing...more
I won this book through Goodreads FirstReads.
A fast paced, interesting, thought provoking novel about an entire town gone mad, and a whole lot of ghosts.
I liked this novel, I didn't love it. I wanted to because I really liked the idea and the writing style, and I liked the characters. I thought Hazel was a bit annoying at first but then by the middle of the novel I'd well and truly warmed up to her. She was strong, without being completely fearless like a lot of protagonists in these types of bo...more
A fast paced, interesting, thought provoking novel about an entire town gone mad, and a whole lot of ghosts.
I liked this novel, I didn't love it. I wanted to because I really liked the idea and the writing style, and I liked the characters. I thought Hazel was a bit annoying at first but then by the middle of the novel I'd well and truly warmed up to her. She was strong, without being completely fearless like a lot of protagonists in these types of bo...more
The Winslow Incident is an evocative thriller set in that most terrifying of landscapes, an isolated bucolic village--in this case an isolated bucolic village in the Pacific Northwest, and as anyone addicted to David Lynch films can tell you, villages don't come more frightening. The writing is tidy, the characters well-drawn, and the story races along, building to an exciting finish. The story leans more toward gothic horror than splatter and the premise is far more intriguing than the usual va...more
This book takes place in a small town called Winslow. One day Hazel Winslow and her friends happen upon a herd of her uncle's cattle and notice that they are sick and dying. Shortly after, most of the town is stricken by a mysterious illness and people start going crazy.
My thoughts:
Overall, I thought the writing was solid and the story kept me engaged. My favorite character was Hazel. At first, she seemed to be a bit of a snot at times. I was glad to see that eventually she had some important r...more
My thoughts:
Overall, I thought the writing was solid and the story kept me engaged. My favorite character was Hazel. At first, she seemed to be a bit of a snot at times. I was glad to see that eventually she had some important r...more
I got a free copy of this book from GoodReads.
The book was an interesting read. the first half of the book goes by really fast. You want to know more about all the local mysteries of this community, the different characters and, most importantly, what is happening to them. In the first 300 pages or so, the many inhabitants of Winslow make you care for them and see a little of yourself in them. The second half of the book however cancels all this. The main protagonist spends her time looking for...more
The book was an interesting read. the first half of the book goes by really fast. You want to know more about all the local mysteries of this community, the different characters and, most importantly, what is happening to them. In the first 300 pages or so, the many inhabitants of Winslow make you care for them and see a little of yourself in them. The second half of the book however cancels all this. The main protagonist spends her time looking for...more
A very inventive story about ghosts from the past and a town going mad. It starts out with a bang and doesn't let up. Although the cause of the madness problem can pretty much be determined in the first half of the book, you'll want to keep reading until the very end to find out what happens to everyone involved and how the situation is resolved. There are a whole town full of characters to keep track of, which is difficult in the beginning, but the fast pace of this unique story will keep you t...more
A great read! Loved the characters and the interaction between them. A real page turner, had to keep reading to see what would happen next. Enjoyed the discriptions of location and characters, very easy to imagine what it was like living through the all the drama. Truely enjoyed the story!
This book draws you in as a reader and becomes better and better as you read it! You truely want to know what happened to Hawkin Rhone in this small town of Winslow. A must read!
I enjoyed this book a lot. The story follows Hazel Winslow, and her family, friends and entire small town of Winslow, Washington (including their ghosts) through a strange and curious calamity. I liked how their stories were all intertwined, and the town has a rich history (and ghosts) that keep seeping into the present crisis. While the main character is seventeen-year-old Hazel Winslow, this is not a teen novel (although I see how they would also enjoy it.) I really liked Winslow, and would li...more
A good story about an entire town where everyone went crazy at the same time. Held my attention for quite a while but may have been a little too long. As seems way too common in YA genre stories lately, the teen protagonists are WAY too resourceful and impervious to pain. I now call this style of writing to be infected with the "Hunger Games" syndrome! Bogged down about 2/3rds into it as a lot of the situations seemed to repeat themselves and drag out. If it had been a bit shorter would probably...more
Jan 09, 2012
Susan Highland
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Amazing read! Loved this book!
I must say that I wasn't that impressed with this book for several reasons. First, I thought this was going to be adult literature with the horror to go with it. In reading it, though, it came off much more as a young adult book and it, IMO, was horror-lite or at least in its' descriptions. Second, I wasn't that impressed with its' character development.
I wanted to like this so badly but I got half way through it and felt the author was saying the same things over and over. The characters repeated the same things and had the same situations. This book could've been written in half the pages. Plus, if you're upset by animal cruelty I'd skip this book.
Oct 17, 2012
Leah
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7/9/2012: Borrowed The Winslow Incident from the library. I stopped at page 102. Its story just didn't grab me enough to want to keep reading. Too many characters; seven, including the main character, introduced in the first 25 pages. Not enough depth to the characters or Winslow (setting).
I won a free coy of this book from FirstReads. I found this book to be a real page turner. I ended up staying up late just to finish it. I will be looking for more books by this author in the future.
Oh, I loved this book. I thought it was really well-written, and keep me feverishly turning the pages until the very end.
I haven't enjoyed a book this much in a long time.
I haven't enjoyed a book this much in a long time.
Apr 26, 2013
Jessica
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This looks so good - I am so anxious to read this book!
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