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This is one book that if you buy it for the cover, you won't be disappointed when you flip through page after page and find you can't put it down. I personally love all Autumn/October/Halloween type stories. I am collector of small-press horror and fantasy books and I found Dark Harvest as a limited edition from Cemetery Dance press - it's a nice little hardcover, signed and numbered, and smells just like a great book should.
Anyway, it's more of a novella I think, and that's the only downside to it - the characters are full and believable, but you can tell that if he had another 100 pages we could have something much richer and more satisfying. I think what he does with this form is great though, and the sheer number of interesting viewpoints he works through is amazing considering the book's length. It moves along very quickly, yet he still makes time for subtlety and small character traits to reveal themselves little-by-little.
This isn't a really 'scary' book per se, but it does belong in the dark fantasy/horror realm and it hits the spot. It reminds me of The Drive-In by Joe Lansdale in its pace, storytelling style, and characterization - in other words, it's a fun read. Check it out!
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This is delightful! I've read it twice now and look forward to reading it again. Sure, you'll figure things out before the characters do because you've got clues that they don't have. Yes, there are chase scenes. That's the point! The writing itself is so artful, with one beautiful sentence after another, that the plot is almost irrelevant. Sit down and enjoy the beauty of the printed word; let the tale spin out in front of you with all its implications and subtlety. You'll be glad you did.
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This was a very interesting read, not that it was bad, actually far from it. Based in a small Midwestern town, there is the legend of the October Boy. Every Halloween this thing comes out of the corn field and makes its way to town. Mean while every boy between the ages of 16 to 18 go on a "Run" to kill this thing. The boy that kills this pumpkin head first is declared the winner and thinks they are getting a ticket out of a dead end town, while their family is given every luxury that anyone could want. But that is not the case. This town has a sick secret that the boys don't know about and the parents turn a blind eye to. But in the end, a boy, Pete McCormick, will find out who the October boy really is , and the terrifying secret this town has been hiding.
I give this book 8 sculls on the shiver scale. Defiantly different then most books I've read.
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I'd never heard of this book or of Norman Partridge (no relation to Alan) before coming across a display in the bookstore. I thought that the cover was just brilliant and I knew I had to get it right away.
The story is about a redneck-ish town in middle America which has a horrific and surreal annual tradition. Every Halloween a Jack O'Lantern-type monster will rise from the cornfields and head for town. If he makes it to the church then he's won but with his jacket stuffed with candy and starving teenagers after him he's never quite made it that far.
I must admit I had a bit of a problem with Partridge's narrative at first. The book is written in the present tense and addresses the reader personally. But after a few pages I got into it and the large chapters are so well written it comes across as some elaborate crossbreed of pulp and classic literature.
It's brief and to-the-point and wastes no time on stretching itself thin. I find it ironic that there is a praising soundbite from Steven King in the first few pages. He claims that it packs more into its 170 pages than most bloated 600-page clunkers. Yeah, that's right, Steven. And who is the one who is churning out bloated 600-page clunkers?
However, I still do wish it was a bit longer. I feel like there could have been a great 250-page book here rather than just a fleeting 170-page one. There is stuff in there that is begging for further description. Just who the hell are the Harvesters Guild and how does Sawtooth Jack come to life exactly?
Either way, buy it and read it and like it for what it is and what it is not. There are plenty of overwritten books out there and I am glad to have finally found one that is diluted by a self-indulgent author.
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I don't seem to review a novel unless I can give it five stars. I'm happy to show up with those stars for this one.
This novel was harder than some for me to get absorbed in, but I got over that quickly enough. The viewpoint, especially early on, doesn't reveal much of the characters. Usually I need that character connection, but the story and atmosphere provide the initial pull for this novel. The initial characters are, in fact, left behind. A risky move, but I kept going, fascinated with the story and the atmosphere and the great writing. Then I was introduced to characters who were well developed, and I was really hooked.
I felt this novel was the right length for the style, although I see others disagree. The present tense is so immediate, I might get tired of it if it went on too long. The author made great use of it, in my opinion. I couldn't stop reading. It helped knowing I'd be able to finish without devoting days to reading.
I could do without the involvement of the reader by dropping into second person periodically throughout the novel. Being told I'd been in these shoes and understood the situation didn't add anything to me, but the segments were short and weren't a big drawback to me, either. Also, if you need everything to make sense in the world as we know it, this might not be your best pick. There are unanswered questions a'plenty, but that aspect didn't bother me. The opening dumped me into a fast-moving, atmospheric story in a way that I had to leave behind the rationale of the real world right off, so I was ready and willing to continue doing so as I read on. That's part of the fun of many good horror stories. At least it's part of my fun.
I am happy to give this novel five stars. I really enjoyed the writing and losing myself in the story. I'll look for this author again.
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