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Title: Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell ISBN: 0-8125-3930-3 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (22 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Disturbing
Comment: Nazareth Hill is without a doubt one of Campbell's finest works. The story is very well written and keeps the reader interested despite some moments that drag. The overall story makes you ignore the slow moments simply because the reader want's to find out what happens next.
Now i should warn most of the horror fan's like myself out there that this really is not a typical haunted house story. When some of the events that take place in the book happen they will downright bother you, i sure know they bothered me a great deal. This is not for the faint of heart and the way this book ends will not please a great many people.
I recommend this book to any horror fan out there simply because you probably won't read anything similar out there with the exception of King's The Shining, but even saying that King's novel doesn't hold a candle to the outright brutality that takes place here. Enjoy....
Rating: 4
Summary: An atypical haint story
Comment: Ramsey Campbell's Nazareth Hill has most of the elements of a Caitlin Kiernan comic book. A haunted mansion sets the scene for an atypical haint story, where the protagonist is a teenaged punk/goth chick (Amy) who is tragically misunderstood by everyone, including her increasingly-bizarre fundamentalist Christian father (Oswald). So far, it doesn't sound that atypical, but the differences are in the details and language.
The story is rather surreal. The religious school Amy attends is chock-full of teachers with good moral hygiene and strange grammar. Odd word choices occur throughout the novel in the conversations between Amy and her boyfriend (they're prone to uttering polysyllabic and biting one-word commentary). The strangest cadence belongs to Oswald, who speaks in an increasingly stilted and formal manner when he's not desperately reciting simplistic children's prayers. At first, the word choice made it difficult for me to immerse myself in the book, but after a while, it felt appropriate, although never natural. I'm certain this unnatural language is wholly intentional.
Nazareth Hill is a story of mental illness, asylum history, and a dysfunctional family par excellence. None of the characters are likeable, but I could feel empathy developing, despite my personal dislike for Amy. The book has a perfect haunted house story ambience, and gathers creepiness as it goes, something like a woolly spider egg tottering down a dust hill.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unnerving and creepy
Comment: This is my first novel by Ramsey Campbell, but most assuredly it will not be my last. Amy Priestly and her widowed father Oswald are headed toward a collision course with unnamed horrors, all of which reside in their home of Nazarill. I admit that it took me awhile to get into this novel, the style of writing is often difficult, especially the cadence of Oswald which only grows more archaic as the story progresses. The final few chapters are superb, with the level of tension building to an almost unbearable climax. If you are looking for a well written horror story that delivers, this one does the genre proud.
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Title: A Face at the Window by Dennis McFarland ISBN: 0767901304 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Ghosts by Noel Hynd ISBN: 0786014865 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Revenant by Melanie Tem ISBN: 1585867578 Publisher: eReads.com Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Lower Deep by Tom Piccirilli ISBN: 084394921X Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Haunted Ground by Stephen Gresham ISBN: 0786015373 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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