15 Jul 2018 @ 5:49 PM 

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

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 21 May 2017 @ 5:48 PM 

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

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