Where Darkness Sleeps
by Brian Rieselman
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Author: Brian RieselmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-12
ISBN: 0312956827
Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper
Book Reviews of Where Darkness Sleeps
Book Review: HOW CAN DARKNESS SLEEP?
Summary: 3 Stars
This mid-nineties supernatural thriller was Brian Reiselman's debut novel. It's obvious he's an afficionado of the genre, because he incorporates much of his novel with tinges of John Saul, Dean Koontz, and Stephen King---but unfortunately not to that level of excellence.
WHERE DARKNESS SLEEPS is a routine tale of that oft-iterated search for eternal youth, this time set in an old folks home in Wisconsin(?). Young heroine Emily has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service for her involvement in a drug related incident with her older boyfriend. Somehow her divorced parents got this for her instead of jail (he's a famous painter and she's a big shot lawyer). Anyhoo, Emily makes friends with fellow worker Beth and finds she's the object of desire for the local hotty jock, Kerry (does anybody really name a boy Kerry anymore?). The home is run by the evil brother and sister team of Eugenia and Herbert Temple. Prerequisite elderly heroine Charity Francis rounds out the main cast, with community college teacher Gloria Morgan thrown in for romantic interest for pop. The whole witchcraft/sorcery thing is so badly scripted, it could pass for a Samuel French play. The three stars is mainly because while Reiselman offers nothing new, it kept me entertained for the time I read it, but it's a book I'll probably forget by the time anyone else even reads the review.
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