The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Halloween Man
Book Review: Excellent Horror Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know why Clegg's not a household name. After reading The Halloween Man, he should be. The novel's riveting. The story's quite complex and the characters are complex as well. It begins with a child being kidnapped from cultists. Most of the book is a flashback explaining why the child was kidnapped. That story takes place in the ancient town of Stonehaven. On the surface, its a pretty New England fishing village but right underneath... Well, amongst other things,it has a blind storyteller, angry teenagers, a plethora of creepy old legends, a twisted rich family, and a thing in a box. Clegg keeps the pace taught without gratuitous violence or over-the-top gore. I'll be reading more from Douglas Clegg.Book Review: Good, but no Salems Lot
Summary: 2 Stars
After reading The Halloween Man, I put it down with a bit of disapointment. It is a fast paced story, but it did not grip me as did Salems Lot, which is a great horror story. Mr.Clegg is a good writer no doubt, however, King and Koontz need not be listening to foot steps from behind. The vampier story line has been done over and over to the point that it would really take a hard, fresh approach to pump new BLOOD into it. Maybe some other time Mr. Clegg.Book Review: Great Story!
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought it told the story of 28 yr old stony very well and then when it went back to when he was 15, it did so in a manner that was NOT confusing at all. I took my time with this book because I could tell it was a complicated story and I was afraid if I read it too fast I would have a hard time understading it. I just finished it last night, been reading on it since Christmas day. It's a good horror story. I do think it's a little too complicated to be made a movie though. The movie makers probably wouldn't do it justice anyways. Very good book! Liked it a lot!Book Review: Great horror novel
Summary: 5 Stars
This one should be a movieI recently finally got around to reading Halloween Man. I bought it here about six months ago maybe a year. Im glad I did. Halloween Man is one page turner and from the opening through the story about Stonehaven and all the wild things that go on there, this is a gripping story.
The way the story goes is there's a guy who is kidnapping this kid, but it may be that the kid has a dark power. Then we get the guy's life. He was brought up in this quiet town that had kind of a seamy underbelly. Then when he finds out that he and his girlfriend need to get out of town as teenagers, all hell breaks loose. There are thing about his own birth he never knew and now he's finding out just who he is and what his place in this town means.
Im not good at describing it. Halloween Man is really great. Its definitely a read you have to stick with because it all builds up to this one really shocking part. But the story about what lives ina cave in Europe is really interesting, too. There's a wild character in here called Fairclough who may just be the most diabolicly interesting villain I've ever read.
I recommend this as one of the best horror books of the year
Book Review: Halloween Man is WILD
Summary: 5 Stars
Halloween Man is dark and terrifying, but also one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read. The horror grows out of the romantic elements of the story. The four novels I have read this year that I could not put down were The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, The House by Bentley Little, and Ghost Story by Peter Straub which I just read for the first time. I recommend these four novels to anyone who loves a good read and I hope that I find more books by Little and Clegg this year.