The Taken
by Sarah Pinborough
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Author: Sarah PinboroughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04
ISBN: 0843958960
Number of pages: 323
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company
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Book Review: "If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise."
Summary: 3 Stars
Nobody talks about Melanie Parr any more. The younger generation living in the rural English village of Waterrow doesn't even know the name. Thirty years ago Melanie was dragged away by a flash flood and never seen again, leaving only one red shoe behind. At least, that's how the story goes. Now the storm has returned, and so has Melanie, to exact her revenge on the ones who failed to save her...
THE TAKEN is a fairly standard western vengeful ghost story. Based on the two books of hers that I've read so far, this seems to be Pinborough's method: take a familiar aspect of the genre and add just enough original detail to keep it this side of predictable. (The Reckoning was a haunted house story--kind of.) So her books end up being "comfortable" yet still moderately interesting. She writes very well, so she gets away with it, and her work ends up being a cut above that of other writers who try to do the same.
The story is wrapped up at the end a little too quickly, too simply, and with a certain amount of "huh?" but up until that point it is a decent read. Mildly recommended to horror fans as a breather between heavier or weirder reads.
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