Serena by Ron Rash
While it may sound harsh, I think this is probably a better movie than book. The story was not terrible but the characters were lacking in any real dimension. The attributes of the title character (and I am being circumspect to avoid spoilers) were never fully explained and while not unbelievable just left you thinking of her more as a caricature than a character of depth and substance.
Good for a read if you don’t want to think too much about the story. Very much Dan Brown territory
Firstly I need to say that Peripheral: Tales of Horror at a Glance isn’t a horror novel at all. It contains drama and suspense but not horror. Think more Twilight Zone rather than Stephen King and you will have a better idea of the style of the book.
Overall I quite liked this novel. The different stories were engaging and interesting. Some I found better than others of course but that is often the case with collection of short stories I find. There is a connective thread through a number of the different stories which I found intriguing and something that kept you going through the book.
Looking forward to more works by Sylvester Pilgrim
