BOOK REVIEW: DARK HOLLOW
 By Dave Dreher

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Nov 19, 2007, 8:31 pm

So, the other day the mail arrives and like so often happens there are a couple packages for me. I rip open the first one and low and behold it's the new novel by Brian Keene. Holy shit. Time to drop everything I'm doing and hunker down for the latest from my favorite writer.

This one is titled DARK HOLLOW and it is nothing short of brilliant.

I hesitated to post a review on this one already as it is not coming out till February of next year but I'm just so damn excited I can't keep it to myself.

Folks this one is so great and so cool, well if you don't read it your a damn fool.

Weaving characters in the way that only he can Keene tells the tale of an ancient evil, awakened by accident and now loose to wreak havoc on a small Pennsylvania town. The main character, a struggling new author, sets out one day on his normal daily activities, write a little, walk the dog, etc. A chance meeting with a jogging neighbor leads him into the nearby woods where he witnesses something so bizarre and disturbing that he convinces himself that it must have surely been a dream or misunderstanding but quickly things begin to escalate out of control and the true nature of the horror is revealed and it is like nothing you have ever read before.

As I often find myself struggling with when I write these reviews I don't want to give away the story or any of the surprises but I also want to convey my excitement about this project and so with that in mind I want to tell you about one part of the novel that really shook me. Don't read the next paragraph if you don't want to know a little of the story.

In the early part of the book Keene writes of the main character and his wife suffering a miscarriage. It is a horrible, terrifying and well, fantastic. I didn't want to read it but I couldn't stop. The recounting of this horrible life altering event is written so perfectly that it moves you in a way that not many things do or in a way that very few authors can manage.

Keene is special and with each new work that he releases I become more and more convinced that he is the future of American horror.

He writes in the style of King but with his own voice. He shares that ability to paint colorful characters whose lives you quickly find yourself wrapped up in and before you know it the sun is coming up and you're still reading.

Brain Keene rules and if you have ever read a genre novel you owe it to yourself to head oout and pick up some of his work and DARK HOLLOW is a great place to start.

If you don't want to wait till DARK HOLLOW comes out there are plenty of other great works by Keene out there that can occupy you till February. I highly recommend GHOUL or THE RISING but you can't go wrong with any work that this man has committed to the page.

You can check out all that he is up to by heading over to his official website by clicking here.

I'll make sure to remind you closer to the time DARK HOLLOW comes out.


 

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