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Snowblind by Christopher Golden
Jan. 5th, 2014 10:56 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Twelve years ago the small town of Coventry, Massachusetts was in the grasp of a particularly brutal winter. And then came the Great Storm. It hit hard. Not everyone saw the spring. Today the families, friends and lovers of the victims are still haunted by the ghosts of those they lost so suddenly. If only they could see them one more time, hold them close, tell them they love them.
It was the deadliest winter in living memory … until now.
When a new storm strikes, it doesn’t just bring snow and ice, it brings the people of Coventry exactly what they’ve been wishing for. And the realisation their nightmare is only beginning.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Christopher Golden’s horror novel mixes THE RETURNED with THE ICE STORM and is essentially an ensemble character piece with a bit of horror mixed in. The main problem is that there are too many characters here, which meant that they were all drawn quite thinly. As a result I found it difficult to become really attached to any of them while the horror element is introduced too late and kept too sketchy for me to care much for those characters once they’re put into danger. Ultimately the writing is okay, I did like the way Golden weaved the recession into his characters’ lives and the depiction of the snowstorms are atmospheric but as a horror novel this didn’t do it for me. I would however check out Golden’s other books.
SNOWBLIND is released in the United Kingdom on 16th January 2014. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Twelve years ago the small town of Coventry, Massachusetts was in the grasp of a particularly brutal winter. And then came the Great Storm. It hit hard. Not everyone saw the spring. Today the families, friends and lovers of the victims are still haunted by the ghosts of those they lost so suddenly. If only they could see them one more time, hold them close, tell them they love them.
It was the deadliest winter in living memory … until now.
When a new storm strikes, it doesn’t just bring snow and ice, it brings the people of Coventry exactly what they’ve been wishing for. And the realisation their nightmare is only beginning.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Christopher Golden’s horror novel mixes THE RETURNED with THE ICE STORM and is essentially an ensemble character piece with a bit of horror mixed in. The main problem is that there are too many characters here, which meant that they were all drawn quite thinly. As a result I found it difficult to become really attached to any of them while the horror element is introduced too late and kept too sketchy for me to care much for those characters once they’re put into danger. Ultimately the writing is okay, I did like the way Golden weaved the recession into his characters’ lives and the depiction of the snowstorms are atmospheric but as a horror novel this didn’t do it for me. I would however check out Golden’s other books.
SNOWBLIND is released in the United Kingdom on 16th January 2014. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
