| By Mary Menzel: What can be more frightening than “something” in the dark of a forest? Brian Keene has taken this primal fear of ours and put a new twist on it. Making the evil force irresistible and the very woods come alive in ways never seen before. He has used the small town setting to seclude the scene from the outside world and used small town gossip and small-minded ignorance to confuse the issues. Making us feel like helpless children with no where to turn. It was very interesting that he portrayed the main character as an author – talking about his writing routine and musical tastes. Did he give us an inside glimpse as himself as a writer? Mythology, magic and monsters… how do we really know what’s out there in the deepest, darkest part of the woods? |
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