Be Specific About Epithetical Books The Keeper (Keeper #1)
| Title | : | The Keeper (Keeper #1) |
| Author | : | Sarah Langan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 382 pages |
| Published | : | August 29th 2006 by Harper Torch 2006-09-01 (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Fantasy. Paranormal. Thriller |
Sarah Langan
Paperback | Pages: 382 pages Rating: 3.32 | 2093 Users | 218 Reviews
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Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed. Its bloody past, endless rain, and the decay of its downtown portend a hopeless future. With the death of its paper mill, Bedford's unemployed residents soon find themselves with far too much time to dwell on thoughts of Susan Marley. Once the local beauty, she's now the local whore. Silently prowling the muddy streets, she watches eerily from the shadows, waiting for . . . something. And haunting the sleep of everyone in town with monstrous visions of violence and horror.Those who are able will leave Bedford before the darkness fully ascends. But those who are trapped here-from Susan Marley's long-suffering mother and younger sister to her guilt-ridden, alcoholic ex-lover to the destitute and faithless with nowhere else to go-will soon know the fullest and most terrible meaning of nightmare.
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| Original Title: | The Keeper (Keeper Series, Book #1) |
| ISBN: | 0061173029 (ISBN13: 9780060872908) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Keeper #1 |
| Setting: | Maine(United States) |
Rating Epithetical Books The Keeper (Keeper #1)
Ratings: 3.32 From 2093 Users | 218 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books The Keeper (Keeper #1)
decent writing. interesting story. spooky. the endRain and zombies come to a small town in Maine. Scary stuff. But why do things like this always happen in Maine? I tell you what... I read this book while on vacation in Utah. Someone should write a horror novel about a small town in that state. Snow and zombies in Park City. That would really be scary.
Back in Horror's heyday, the masters (Straub, King, et al.) would crank out 500 to 800 page apocalyptic tomes, usually set in some small town filled with secrets, that never seemed to end. At the end of these novels, everything would blow up. I was never a huge fan, not because I didn't like horror (I love it), but because for me, horror works best with a tighter, smaller focus, with an emphasis on atmosphere (I'm a Ramsey Campbell fan). Give me dread over explosions any day. Langan's Keeper is
Interesting small town horror novel gave me some goosebumps but left me a bit uninterested towards the ending.
Sarah Langan's bleak debut horror novel is, at its best, a story of two sisters--one, Susan Marley, who suffers all the worst torments of the world, and the other, Liz Marley, who walks a luckier path. "It should have been you," says Susan. And Liz can't escape the haunting words. She lives under the shadow of Susan's horrible fate. I loved this core of the book, and I thought the oppressive atmosphere of Bedford, Maine was so well-drawn that it was enough to make me wonder if Langan was at all
Saw this on a list for best horror of 21st century. While I found it to be well-written (only reason Im giving it 3) it was awfully repetitive in places (blue eyes, she had blue eyes, guys, Susans eyes were blue). I also felt like the link between the ghosts of the town and Susans weirdness wasnt developed enough for me. I like small towns with deep, dark secrets and a past but the supernatural aspects could have used a little refining.
Having read Langan's second book (The Missing), I picked this book up soon after. After a few pages of reading I realised that I'd started the books backward & that this book was supposed to come before it. By the time I finished this book I was slightly glad that I'd read this one first. I do have to say that I prefer this book over the second one.The book follows two sisters, the dreamy eyed Susan who wanders the town & frightens all of it's inhabitants as well as terminally depressed
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