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The Loney

Andrew Michael Hurley

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Oct 02, 2016 Ruth Ferguson rated it it was ok

Shelves: audiobook, first-reads

I have to admit I did not enjoy this book a great deal but I did finish it. The ending was a little better but not the investment of time.

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Mar 11, 2017 Rosemary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In this intense story of religious fanaticism, the narrator (I don't think he has a name) is looking back on a time in his teens when he and his mentally disabled older brother Hanny went on a pilgrimage with their parents, the parish priest, and four other parishioners to a shrine in a desolate part of the northern English coast. The aim was to "cure" Hanny, but there were other forces at work than the miracle of prayer.

I like stories that focus on weird religious elements so I really enjoyed ...more

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Nov 02, 2022 Kristina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fiction-creepy, fiction-family-ties, fiction-melancholy, fiction-paranormal, fiction-horror, read-in-2022, fiction-suspense, z-religion, z-brit-lit

This is the epitome of slow-burn horror and I loved it. I was completely captivated even though very little happened during most of it. I went in blind, so I had no idea that it had so much to do with religion. I am a sucker for anything that combines horror and religion, and this was no exception. I found this book completely fascinating. It’s been a couple of months since I finished, but even now when I think about the book I am brought back to the feeling of utter desolation and loneliness fo ...more

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