Amy Corwin's Reviews > The Dead Path
The Dead Path
by Stephen M. Irwin (Goodreads Author)
by Stephen M. Irwin (Goodreads Author)
Amy Corwin's review
bookshelves: paranormal, horror
Feb 03, 11
bookshelves: paranormal, horror
Read from January 09 to February 03, 2011
Fascinating paranormal that is almost more of a mystery (which I love) than a straight horror or paranormal. And while it should probably be classed as horror, I would say that it is not excessively gory, which I really appreciated.
It gave a fascinating look at Australia (albeit a fake town) and various ancient legends. The writing is evocative and characters very, very real. The hero has lost his wife and is crushed by guilt as he feels it is his fault. He called her and she slipped from a ladder and broke her neck while trying to answer the phone. Then, he suffers a fall and his latent ability to see the dead awakens. He thereafter sees ghosts endlessly caught in their final moments of life. It's heartrending. When he returns home to try to recuperate from his losses (both business and personal) he's caught up in a local mystery involving missing children.
Very well done horror mystery and I highly recommend it.
This is just a "short" temporary review until I have a chance to write a lengthier one.
It gave a fascinating look at Australia (albeit a fake town) and various ancient legends. The writing is evocative and characters very, very real. The hero has lost his wife and is crushed by guilt as he feels it is his fault. He called her and she slipped from a ladder and broke her neck while trying to answer the phone. Then, he suffers a fall and his latent ability to see the dead awakens. He thereafter sees ghosts endlessly caught in their final moments of life. It's heartrending. When he returns home to try to recuperate from his losses (both business and personal) he's caught up in a local mystery involving missing children.
Very well done horror mystery and I highly recommend it.
This is just a "short" temporary review until I have a chance to write a lengthier one.
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Feb 03, 2011 09:07am
thanks...sounds like it's worthy to go on my tbr list.
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