The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Halloween Man
Book Review: I'd give this 10 stars if I could!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just a great read. The story just keeps getting better and better. It's everything a good horror novel should be. I have not read one like this in a while. This is far better than even some of Stephen King's recent books! It's true horror, suspense, thriller - this one has it all... not to mention a very original story. I'll definitely be looking for more of Douglas Clegg's books.
Book Review: If you like a jumpy story...
Summary: 2 Stars
The first 25 pages of the book are the best, then it wanders all over the place.Book Review: Impressive!
Summary: 4 Stars
"HALLOWEEN MAN" was my second Clegg novel after finishing his short novella, "PURITY." To say the least, I was very impressed by his writing style, his well-crafted characters and re-invention of devil-whorshiping. I won't dare to try and summerize the story-line in my review because I doubt I could do much justice for it. What I will say is that I find Douglas Clegg refreshing after almost giving up hope that there weren't many talented horror novelists left. Clegg has a nack for weaving believable plot lines such as romance, family disputes, and jealousy into a suspense/horror genre. And he takes his time doing so, giving the reader time to actually care about his characters, both good and evil. Check out "PURITY" and you'll know what I mean.Book Review: Intense images, great psychology
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, Clegg did it again....made me late for work while I rushed to the conclusion of this one! This is just my 2nd Clegg novel (so far), and I find him to be one of the best storytellers in the business. In H. MAN, Nora tells young Stony "..the one thing you can be sure of about the Devil: He's the reflection of what we want." This is certainly proven true throughout this novel, and especially by the climax. I absolutely love to read stories within a story, and H. MAN does this chillingly well. The novel opens with the adult Stony kidnapping the mysterious young "prophet." Then Clegg weaves memories of both the young and the older Stony, narrowing each until the big finish. Along the way, blind Nora tells some magnificent tales to Stony and his soul mate, Lourdes. What unfolds is a chilling story about a small town conspiracy, evil, greed, and faith. Stony and Lourdes love each other with a gentle passion, but will that be enough to keep them together? How does Stony finally discover his true self? Who is the little boy who seems to know Stony better than he knows himself? What secrets does the Crown mansion hold?
This is good reading! The opening scenes are reminiscent of those in Straub's GHOST STORY (one of the greatest horror novels ever written, in my most humble opinion). Nora is an incredible character, and her fireside stories are enough to raise goosebumps on their own. The ending was quite a bit different than I anticipated although not surprising given Stony's nature. My question is: are we going to see more of Stony and the quirky "Steve", Mr. Clegg? Buy this novel now, and then haunt amazon.com and used book stores to get all those out-of-print/stock Clegg works!
Book Review: Intriguing horror yarn
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the first book I bought and read from Mr. Clegg. The Halloween Man is about Stony Crawford and his life as a teen in the town of Stonehaven, a coastal town with skeletons in their closets. What I enjoyed about this was Clegg's style in creating convincing characters and an eerie setting to Stonehaven. Clege composes a tale featuring romance, mystery, and horror. He makes Stony a three-dimensional, sympathetic character whom the readers will care about. In my own opinion, The Halloween Man is not only a horror novel, but it is a coming of age yarn about identity and discovering secrets. Strongly recommended