Dark Hollow by Brian Keene Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dark Hollow
Book Review: Oh Brian!
Summary: 2 Stars
I became a fan of Keene after reading Ghoul. I followed that with The Conquerer Worms, and then I even procurred an autographed copy of his novella, Take the Long Way Home. At some point, however, his books started steadily declining in quality. Is it Leisure, asking him to put out more books than he can supply? Did he get creatively fat on his accolades? Is he content to turn into the horror equivalent of Nora Roberts? I don't know, but I can say at least this book is a little better than Ghost Walk. I'm not going to be buying anymore Keene books until I've read enough critical reviews to tell me he's getting back to his formerly high quality of writing.Book Review: One of Keene's better books
Summary: 3 Stars
Dark Hollow is a pretty good Keene book. Its part of his 13/original god mythos, but you will not be lost if you have not read any of the others. The dialog which I think Keene is not the best at is better in this book than some of his others. The characters are also better written and more likeable. Big Steve the dog is probally the best character in the book. I would not say this book is steamy or erotic unless your into sex with farm animals with 15 inch long and 5 inch in diameter pricks. That is really what the whole book comes down to.
This guy Adam who is our hero bands with his neighbors to stop a Satyr from stealing all the towns women, one being Adams wife. The Satyr is unlocked from a trap set a few years before and well he plays a little wooden flute and women just flock to his massive man/goat hood and have all nite, and all day non stop orgies. Its like Plato's Retreat in the woods of a little town.
There is a good back story about an old farmer and the intoduction of the book Long Lost Friend which will be important in other of Keenes books. There is some creepy stuff with the woods that Keene writes well. The trees coming alive and all was pretty good. This is also a book with a good ending. Plus as seems to be the norm there is at one point a guy who gets his pecker pulled off. It is a Keene book after all.
This book does have its share of gore and description after description of goat penis, and the hot hot uncontrollable girls who live only for sex with it (the penis that is, and the goatman attached to it playing the flute), but it is the fight at the end with Adam, Big Steve the dog and the Satyr that is good. Plus the ending. Really a damn fine ending.
Book Review: Pagan Horror
Summary: 4 Stars
Keene's DARK HOLLOW is a real page turner, a good, old-fashioned fright fest with its horror rooted deep in pagan tradition. The story is well summarized here elsewhere, but this is fresh and original horror, the kind that nags at you to keep turning the pages and keep the lights around you burning, and not just because you can't put this terrifying novel down. A fine effort and recommended highly for fans of quality horror.Book Review: Pretty good
Summary: 4 Stars
One day, while out walking his dog in the woods, mystery writer Adam Senft catches one of his neighbors performing oral sex on a granite statue of a creature that is half man and half animal. The statue somes to life during the sex act. This then leads to a series of women from the small town dissappearing at night and a creepy atmosphere surrounding the woods - in particular a hollow in the woods where a man was reported to have killed his family years ago - and sinister goings on there.
I enjoyed this book and found it an interesting and origional read. Plenty of suspence and character development so that you actually care about the characters when the real horror beings. One of Brian Keenes' better books.
Book Review: There's something in the woods.
Summary: 5 Stars
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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