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Well, this was disappointing. I think I was expecting something more like Raymond E. Feist's "Faerie Tale" or John Crowley's "Little, Big" and less like a bargain basement Stephen King. More fey and looming dread, less sex and gore. Also, I always forget that horror seemed to rely on adultery as a plot point back in the latter half of the 20th century...

Geez. I knew this was Brian McNaughton, but I think I was expecting more...John Crowley's "Little, Big" and less Steven King's "It." I mean, Robert McCammon wrote straight historical fiction in addition to his horror works, so I figured McNaughton might be trying his hand at something more whimsical. But that first chapter disabused me of that illusion pretty quickly.