THUNDER RISE

Thunder Rise Trilogy #1

by G. Wayne Miller

1st edition Futura 1990 paperback, new In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Genres: Horror, Fiction

382 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

http://www.gwaynemiller.com/bio.htm

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book sat on my shelf for 30 years, and the two weeks it took me to read it felt like they took equally as long.

I thought the book began well enough. There were echoes of Stephen King's Pet Sematary and It. I thought the author did a great job with the father/daughter relationship and capturing the essence of a kid's thoughts.

And then the rest of the book happened.

It took me a while to figure out why I was having trouble with the book, and why I consistently found excuses to not read it. There are a lot of inconsistencies with the main character. Yes, real people have inconsistencies, but fiction is supposed to give a reason for actions and explain things we don't always know outside of books because we can't be in another person's head.

This didn't. And there were so many things that seemed important to the story that were handled "off-screen," so to speak, breaking the rule of "show, don't tell." Whether this is due to author or just poor editing, I don't know, but the inconsistencies are what really destroyed my pleasure in reading this: the out-of-nowhere subplot with Maria, the inability to decide whether to call the sacred object a spear or a sword, the lack of knowing what repercussions arose from the rescue mission, Heather's convenient appearances and disappearances. All these and more ruined the story for me.

I have zero interest in reading the sequels.

1 out of 5 stars.

[Albert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a very interesting story. A solid 4 stars for me except for the ending where a fairly important issue was not resolved at all, so dropped to a 3 stars. the whole issue with stealing the ambulance, retrieving the daughter from the hospital in NY and then the problem with the police was not resolved at all, also no more mention of the ex-wife after this whole "rescue."
Still, I'm eagerly looking forward to the next two novels in the trilogy, seem to be the same setting but different characters, may bump this up to 4 stars if the above mentioned hole is plugged in the second novel.

[David Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a time when ancient Native American spirits, customs, and burial grounds were only competing with possessed children for room on the horror bookshelves. I listened to the audiobook edition of this, and it was very good. Compelling characters, plenty of action and perfect pacing. There are two more in this series, and I will (eventually) get them both on my wshelf.

[Horror Guy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Like Stephen King's IT except without the nastiness, realistic, entertaining child characters, a town with personality, or anything at least memorable.

[Joel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thunder Rise is a well paced, thriller. The seemingly innocent, safe local of the Massachusetts Berkshire's makes a surprisingly unnerving setting for this book. Set in the late '80's the pop references can either feel a little nostalgic (or dated depending on if you were alive in the 80's) but overall the setting just adds flavor without weighing down the pace and tight characterization.

[Deedra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book.A truely old fashioned horror story!There is something wrong with the children in Morgantown.Is it a virus,Poison,an ancient curse?I plan to listen to the other 2 in this series if they get to Audible.I thought Joel Richards narration was wonderful!I was gifted this copy for a fair review.

[Cherie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt as if I were reading another Dean Koontz book, that's how good this writer is.

[Trina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

See my review on audible.com.