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Title: The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg ISBN: 0-8439-4439-0 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I could not put Halloween Man down!!!
Comment: Wild! This story is so deep and fast-paced but really easy going and a slow build to the horror that I was surprised that I liked it since I'm not always such a big horror fan (I still read Stephen king and Dean Koontz and now Bentley little and DEFINITELY Douglas Clegg!!!) I would not have bought this if I wasn't really into Mr Clegg because of his email novel Naomi that I've been getting into (a great ghost-witch story!) I ordered Halloween Man and resisted it for a while too because of the title but once I started it it was like slam!!! I loved it!
The basic story is a man grew up in this New England town full of all these unsaid things, mainly concerning something he couldnt understand as a little kid. When he falls madly in love with this girl, theyre going to run off together and get married because she may be pregnant, but all these dark secrets in this little town just build up and something truly terrifying happens. And then it gets more terrifying and more terrifying, until its like this door opened on all this horror. Its really great reading. It was like when I read The Shining by Stephen King for the first time and I just got these shivers while I turned the pages.
So I found in a used bookstore a copy of Mr Cleggs early novel Goat Dance and despite ITS bizzarre title, its a really great story too! Now my goal is to findm all of his books and just make sure Ive read them all.
But Halloween Mans got to be one of the best horror novels Ive read in a long long time!
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful & Entertaining
Comment: I really enjoyed reading Halloween Man, although I am pretty harsh about the horror novels I read. My favorites are Bentley Little, King, Koontz, and now Clegg, and that's because Halloween Man had deeper things going on than just creaking boards and ghosts. It's the story of a boy named Stony from childhood through adulthood as he begins to discover mysteries about his own existence and his place in the world. It also has a great love story within it, star crossed love if there ever *was* any.
But the best thing about Halloween Man is the prose is crisp and strong and the images it puts in your head are vivid. When the horror happens, it seems completely real inside this story, and its a real story of sin and redemption in a way that doesn't read like a rehash of older books.
My favorite character was probably Nora Chance, and her life was as complex as the hero's, from her own childhood on up (even though she's somewhat over 70 when the book begins.) I also liked Diana, who like her namesake goddess, is a brutal hunter and unforgettable beauty.
I have triedto get copies of Goat Dance, Breeder, and The Childrens Hour but I guess they are hard to come by. Halloween Man is worth the time. My only problem with book was that it ended too quickly for me but I guess thats less a criticism than just me wanting it to keep going on and on.
Submitted by:
Jackie Patterson
Rating: 5
Summary: A Perfect Horror Book!
Comment: This book is a great novel by horror master Clegg dealing with devil worship in a small New England town.
At the beginning of the novel, we are introduced to Stony Crawford just as he's kidnapped a small boy - a boy with amazing powers - from a compound of religious zealots in Texas. I was immediately prepared for Stony to be a bad guy and was surprised to find out that this wasn't necessarily the case.
A large section of the novel is told in a flashback to the year that Stony was fifteen and in love with a beautiful girl, Lourdes Maria. During this flashback we learn who Stony truly is and why he had to kidnap the boy. Without giving too much away, the novel deals with "devil" worship, small town secrets, and the hidden nature of Stony.
I enjoyed this book a good deal, though for a while I wasn't sure I knew where it was going. Luckily, the murky part of the plot cleared up and it was all the better for being a bit unclear. Clegg's characters are very strong and the poignant way that he wrote about first love between Lourdes and Stony made me long to see them happy together.
This was my first book by Clegg and now that I own about 6 or 7, I'd have to say this is the best.
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Title: You Come When I Call You by Douglas Clegg ISBN: 0843946954 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Mischief by Douglas Clegg ISBN: 0843947667 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Naomi by Douglas Clegg ISBN: 0843948574 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Infinite by Doug Clegg, Douglas Clegg ISBN: 0843950552 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg ISBN: 084394580X Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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