Library Journal – Great Review of What Follows After

Getting a great review from Library Journal is a pretty big deal. Here’s why: it is the largest and most respected journal for librarians in the US. It was founded in 1876 by the inventor of perhaps the world’s first “search engine,” the Dewey Decimal system. It has a circulation of over 100,000 (mostly librarians).

I had a clue that What Follows After would be getting a decent review a few weeks ago, when I received a Facebook message from the reviewer for the Journal, simply saying that she had just finished the book, really enjoyed it and had a hard time putting it down.

I just received the official review that appeared in the Journal:

“Three-time Carol Award-winning author Walsh excels once again with this psychological thriller. Child abduction is every parent’s worst nightmare, and the author’s narrative moves at a relentless pace, with tension building to an almost unbearable degree until the very end.” –Library Journal

I’ve enjoyed reading all the reviews for the book so far. They’ve been mostly very encouraging. This is the first time, however, one of my books has been called a “psychological thriller.” I smiled when I read that. One thing that does seem consistent with all the reviews I’ve read on Amazon: many readers are having a hard time putting the book down once they started.It’s only been out 2 weeks, and there are already 60 reviews on Amazon (50 of them 5-Stars).

Here’s a sample of the some of the recent ones:

“One of my favorite authors right now is Dan Walsh. His books are always great reads, and I find myself not being able to put them down.” — Alyce

“What Follows After is fast paced and intense all at the same time. There are unexpected twists and turns that will keep your interest and the pages turning.” — Kelly

“A masterful story teller, I will look forward to many more books from Dan Walsh. This is actually one of the first books that I have read that I could see being made into a movie.” — Kcpryszer

Often authors are hesitant to read reader reviews. I understand why (reading negative reviews can be painful). I’m not sure how long these great reviews will continue, but I’ve gotta say, so far reading the reviews hasn’t hurt a bit

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