Like Death
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I read this earlier in the year. I absolutely fell in love with the cover and had to buy it and bring it home!
There were many things about the story that I loved. I thought the mystery of Scott's trauma was interesting, and some of those scenes made my skin crawl. However, there are some more bizarre aspects of the story that honestly made me yawn more than anything else.
I recently read Waggoner's Pandora Drive. I like Like Death much better. I think this story holds up better than Pandora.
Paperback, 374 pages
From the back cover:
Scott Raymond is a man haunted by his past and terrorized in the present. As a young boy, he witnessed the brutal murder of his family, but there is so much of the gruesome tragedy that he simply cannot remember—including the identity of the killer or why Scott alone was spared. The memories won't come, but the trauma won't go away.
Scott is an adult now, still emotionally scarred but learning to deal with it. He has come to Ash Creek to write about a different mystery, a six-year-old girl named Miranda who disappeared in broad daylight one year ago. Here, Scott meets another girl named Miranda, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the one who's missing—but this one's a teenager. She will draw Scott into the bizarre hidden world known as Shadow. A world where nightmares are very real...and very deadly.
There were many things about the story that I loved. I thought the mystery of Scott's trauma was interesting, and some of those scenes made my skin crawl. However, there are some more bizarre aspects of the story that honestly made me yawn more than anything else.
I recently read Waggoner's Pandora Drive. I like Like Death much better. I think this story holds up better than Pandora.
Paperback, 374 pages
From the back cover:
Scott Raymond is a man haunted by his past and terrorized in the present. As a young boy, he witnessed the brutal murder of his family, but there is so much of the gruesome tragedy that he simply cannot remember—including the identity of the killer or why Scott alone was spared. The memories won't come, but the trauma won't go away.
Scott is an adult now, still emotionally scarred but learning to deal with it. He has come to Ash Creek to write about a different mystery, a six-year-old girl named Miranda who disappeared in broad daylight one year ago. Here, Scott meets another girl named Miranda, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the one who's missing—but this one's a teenager. She will draw Scott into the bizarre hidden world known as Shadow. A world where nightmares are very real...and very deadly.
This book arrived last week here in Trinity, Alabama. I also got the label and the patch. All three items were on my wishlist. Thank you so much for sending them mellion108!
This is probably one of the weirdest books I've ever read if not the most bizarre, my first Tim Waggoner. I enjoy stories with intertwining time lines and realms. Stephen King's, The Talisman comes to mind, one of my all-time favorites. There's a scene that reminded me of Clive Barker's, In the Hills, the Cities. I won't to spoil it. If you like weird, bizarre horror, read this book.
