Ghost Walk (Leisure Fiction)
by Brian Keene
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Author: Brian KeeneEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08
ISBN: 0843956453
Number of pages: 275
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Reviews of Ghost Walk (Leisure Fiction)
Book Review: The Darkness Doesn't Always Win
Summary: 4 Stars
I just finished reading my seventh book by Brian Keene. I have to say, he is my favorite author I have ever read and I don't like to read very much. I have read in this order, The City of the Dead (because it caught my eye one day in Barnes and Noble), The Rising, Ghoul, Dead Sea, Dark Hollow, The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World and Ghost Walk. So, if you are new to Brian Keene, I say you have hit the jackpot and you should reward yourself by purchasing one of his many books.
I have to say, he is best at writing about zombies. However, in Ghost Walk he does bring something to the table that ties most, if not all of his books together. His "mythos." The mythos I am referring to is a universe of ideas that are central to his books centered around a labrynth (think of it as limbo or nothing). Perhaps just like in the Matrix when Neo was with the Key Maker and looking down a hallway with many doors. That's the labrynth. Hidden in this labrynth are many doors and a whole lot of nothingness (the void). There are thirteen creatures, spirits, bretheren or whatever you want to call it. Each of these thirteen are pissed at "the creator" for destroying their universe just so that ours could be made and want to destroy everything, if allowed to do so (usually started by humans opening one of the doors or a rift in one of these dimensions). In The Rising and The City of the Dead it was three of the Thirteen that were unleashed at once. That is where "He who cannot be named" comes in, otherwise known as the living darkness and the most powerful of the Thirteen.
The living darkness is unleashed by a person in one of the many dimensions and this allowed to leak out into the world and it sucks the energy out of everything it touches. If you ask me, that's not too scary, but I was willing to let it unfold to see what would happen. Before the living darkness sucks the energy out of something it reveals its personal ghost to them. Be it a person who they cheated on their wife with, something they personally regret, etc.
An Amish-esque person finds out that his happened and due to ancient practices works to stop it. Let's just say it gets interesting from there.
I really enjoy Keene's work to tie all of his books together. However, if this one was the most powerful of the Thirteen, why was it so tame compared to The Rising? Perhaps more of the Living Darkness could have erupted from other places around the world like coming out of a man hole in a sewer in the middle of Times Square, out of a volcano in the Pacific, etc. would have made this more interesting. However, it sticks to the Hollow; the same place that Dark Hollow shares its plot with.
If you ask me the Goat-man/satyr in Dark Hollow was more of a challenge and nuisance than the Living Darkness.
I really love Keene's style and all of his books are a fast and enjoyable read. However, he needs to put more umph into it and not be a slave to writing deadlines. In this book, it showed. I still give him 4 out of 5 because I have nothing for deep admiration and respect for him and he won me over for life with the first book. I hope to see more of the death, destruction and overall apocalyptic vision of the end of one of the dimensions like I have seen in the past with the stories surrounding The Rising and Dead Sea and not so much of the save-the-day type activity found in Ghoul and Dark Hollow.
People need to die, Mr. Keene and you know how to make that happen in a poetic and fascinating way. I hope your next one is a better read.
Thanks for writing Mr. Keene. Again, I have nothing but deep respect and admiration for you and what you do. You sir, are a master of your craft.
Summary of Ghost Walk (Leisure Fiction)
Haunted-attraction designer Ken Ripple has designed his masterpiece, the Ghost Walk, a trail winding through the mysterious woods of LeHorn's Hollow. He doesn't realize that the woods are truly evil and a gateway to hell has unleashed a real demon.Horror Books
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