#3
Castle of Sorrows by Jonathan Janz
Janz is the literary love child of
Richard Laymon and Jack Ketchum (with a little Joe Lansdale DNA in
the mix), with all the terror that implies. His novels just get
better and scarier, and Castle of Sorrows is his best yet. If you
love to lose yourself in horror yarn, Janz has become to go-to
writer. Try him out. You won't be disappointed.
#2
Snowblind by Christopher Golden
Golden is a solid storyteller who
doesn't write enough horror. But if we get something as good as
Snowblind, Golden can take all the time he wants between scary
novels. The greatest compliment I can give this book is to say I felt
like I had opened a classic Stephen King novel from the 80s. That
isn't to say Golden mimics King, but that he has a large and complex
cast, expertly delineated, and a menace that uses isolation as its
tool. This is a horror masterpiece and it would have been number one
on my list if not for...
#1
Revival by Stephen King
King has been an important writer in my
life since I first read The Stand and Salem's Lot 30+ years ago. It
wasn't the horror that first attracted me to him—although that was
a big draw-but it was his characterizations, the way he dug deep into
the heads of his cast and showed me that he understood how I thought
that turned King into a favorite. That's why I read him. He also
tells a crackling good story. Those two elements more than make up
for his occasional shortcomings. In the case of Revival, I loved
everything about the novel a lot more than I liked the ending. I
could have easily read about the two main characters for another 200
pages. As with a lot of King, I will read this one again and probably
come to like that ending a little more.
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