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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780843959277
ISBN number: 0843959274
Label: Leisure Books
Manufacturer: Leisure Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 307
Printing Date: October 02, 2007
Publishing house: Leisure Books
Sale Popularity Level: 278059
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Interesting tale! The chapters are quick, short, and to the point in moving along the story. The only thing that I felt was lacking was that this was the third in a series of novels. The characters are interesting, but I felt I didn't really get to know them that well. I wish I had come in to it after reading the very first two novels; I think I would have had a better grasp on the story. As a stand-alone novel, it moves very quickly. There is an air of Something Wicked This Way Comes, but you don't have to look too deep to find it.
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Detective Bill Grant has seen a lot of strange events (weird s**t as he calls it) over the years as a police officer in Orangefield N.Y. , the Halloween capital of America. It's enough to drive a sane man crazy or at least drive one to drink. Detective Grant hopes that Halloween this year will be relatively peaceful and free from any supernatural events. But this is Orangefield. Nothing is ever normal around Halloween. A few weeks before Halloween Jack Carlin is killed in a hit and run accident. After being notified of the time of his death, his wife, Marianne, claims that is impossible because Jack came home and made love to her an hour after he was supposed to have been dead. Samhain sightings, a mysterious pregnancy, harassing phone calls, and the bizarre death of one of Jack Carlin's best friends keep Detective Grant busy as he tries to figure out what Samhain, the Lord of Death, is doing this time around in Orangefield.
HALLOWEENLAND is not the very first story set in Orangefield that features Det. Bill Grant. I was unaware of the previous stories while reading the book. That lack of knowledge did not take anything away from my enjoyment of the book nor did it hinder my understanding of the story. However, I think if someone has already read the previous stories with Det. Grant, they will probably have a deeper appreciation of the novel (for instance, characters from previous stories make appearances). The book moves at a fast pace and is very easy to read. I could have read the novel in one day, but because of a busy schedule took about three days to read it through. I did have a few minor qualms about some of the spiritual elements of the book, yet I found HALLOWEENLAND to be a fairly entertaining novel anyway. Overall, it is an average Halloween suspense yarn.
The collection also includes the novella, "The Baby". "The Baby" is basically the very first part of HALLOWEENLAND, but with a completely different ending.
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I found this book to be a fun read as long as you don't mind a little bit of a lack of depth of the characters. The story moves really fast but it is like a candy bar. It is delicious but over quick and does not make a meal.
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This guy is probably the closest thing to a new age Ray Bradbury, especially when it comes to describing the Halloween season. You can basically smell and taste the scenery he describes. A great and quick fun read.
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If you're looking for a fun paperback to read while handing out candy to the neighborhood kids on Halloween night, get this book. Al Sarrantonio cut his teeth on short stories that progress quickly and this novel is no different. It is fast-moving and entertaining.
The characters are well developed and the action bounces from place to place following a disgraced ex-cop tracking "Samhain", the death spirit of Halloween. I found the washed out cop a symathetic character. Oddly enough, I even began to empathize with Samhain by the end of the story.
There is no gore or sex. The language is adult, but mild. I recommend this as a good book for teenage fans of horror, as well as adults looking for a good, scary Halloween story to put you in the holiday mood.
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