false 216211 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg 216211 2 209321 2006 Ghoul total:232|5:50|4:84|3:63|2:28|1:7| 232 838 337 35 52050 3.72 2869 438 12385057 776792 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 231 5 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 13 02:27:56 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 22:59:16 -0800 2008 FALKNER REVIEWS

You don't have to be 34 (as I am in 2007 at the time of this review) to enjoy Brian Keene's "Ghoul" but it certainly helps.

In the summer of 1984, best friends, Timmy, Doug, and Barry are looking forward to a fabulous vacation, reading comics and ...more...]]> 19830943 925987 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 1 false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:50:54 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:53:44 -0700 2008 Ghoul grabbed my attention right from the prologue. The story involves three grade school buddies on summer break, each with their own dysfunctional home lives, missing people, a cemetery, and a pale, glowing critter doomed to live in the dark, underground, feeding upon the dead. Day...more...]]> 8996549 118161 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 06:50:50 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 06:52:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 23043661 1173005 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 2 1 false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:37:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 10:06:22 -0700 2008
The ghoul is just a prop. The human adults are the real monsters. While that theme is nothing new, it can be effective. Unfortunately, the author hits...more...]]> 20322904 1089602 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 5 1 false Sat Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 16 15:22:39 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 15:25:04 -0700 2008
I kept asking myself, "What is that thing?" "What's going to happen to the boys?"

It's been a while since I read this book to r...more...]]> 20093045 238637 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 5 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 18:51:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:51:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9033528 616993 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 2 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 19:44:21 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 19:47:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 49579809 856145 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 0 false Tue Mar 17 12:56:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 13:04:04 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 26968470 766524 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 3 0 false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 11:27:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:48:51 -0800 2008 1 Ghoul (Leisure, 2006)

Keene leaves the zombie-infested world of his first two books for Ghoul, a somewhat surprisingly small-scale novel set in the mid-eighties. Though you don't really need to take note of this fact, because in the first half of the novel, Keene will remind...more...]]> 21543220 82521 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 3 0 false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 18:16:22 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 19:24:22 -0700 2008
Good grief, parts of Ghoul read like Ke...more...]]> 9841847 642614 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 2 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 11:18:10 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 11:42:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 53078505 752491 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 0 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:06:14 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 06:44:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77822657 83180 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 14 23:20:46 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 23:24:47 -0800 2009 49477497 2134262 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 3 0 false Mon Mar 16 13:54:31 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 13:55:33 -0700 2009 24272883 1232401 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 3 0 false Fri Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 11 16:27:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:00:26 -0700 2008
Unfortunately, the 80's references almost made me give up on the novel. They're so ...more...]]> 69265955 1625721 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 0 false Fri Aug 28 16:50:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 16:51:27 -0700 2009 48153243 2092846 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 5 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 16:12:14 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 15:42:40 -0800 2009 24976676 21483 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 1 0 false Fri Jun 20 08:00:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 08:05:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60496249 989632 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 0 0 false Sun Jun 21 05:02:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:02:57 -0700 2009 35364993 202081 216211 0843956445 9780843956443 35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172782549m/216211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216211.Ghoul 3.61 232 4 0 false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 07:40:03 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:45:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=216211