Posts tagged with ‘Horror’
January 30, 2013
ATMOSPHERIC PARANORMAL THRILLER mixes a noir detective, some seriously spooky bad guys, and vivid Maine details.
Grade: B PLUS
THE WRATH OF ANGELS: A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER
Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
January 20, 2013
FASCINATING TWIST ON the Frankenstein story—a retelling from the “monster’s” point of view. Masterful!
Grade: A MINUS
MONSTER: A NOVEL OF FRANKENSTEIN
Overlook Press
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Novels
December 30, 2012
BLEAK, TERRIFYING NOVEL from Swedish horror superstar John Ajvide Lindqvist wields the power of a nightmare.
Grade: B PLUS
LITTLE STAR
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Horror, Novels
December 9, 2012
WISTFUL, COMPELLING GHOST story in the grand English tradition of Daphne du Maurier and Susan Hill.
Grade: SOLID B
THE GREATCOAT: A GHOST STORY
Atlantic Monthly Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Horror, Novels, Paranormal, Solid B Reviews
May 1, 2012
INTRICATE VICTORIAN TALE of horror finds ghosts and vampires haunting London’s literati. Chilling and poetic!
Grade: A MINUS
HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Novels
April 4, 2012
TWISTED 21ST-CENTURY TAKE on the “humans made giant by radiation” horror/science fiction motif is a trip.
Grade: SOLID B
ENORMITY
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Horror, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
March 31, 2012
NUCLEAR, EXISTENTIAL, PARANORMAL horror combine in this evocative novel set in Los Alamos and the NM wilds.
Grade: SOLID B
CURSE THE NAMES
Akashic Books
2011
Tags: Horror, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
January 28, 2012
CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine.
Grade: B PLUS
DAMNED
Doubleday
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Novels
January 27, 2012
HAUNTING, COMPLEX HORROR and fantasy tales offer a sophisticated take on race, culture, and the power of legend.
Grade: B PLUS
LET'S PLAY WHITE
Apex
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories
May 1, 2011
CLEVER MASHUP OF society novels and supernatural thrillers features a plucky heroine, a mother-in-law from Hell.
Grade: B PLUS
666 PARK AVENUE
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Horror, Novels, Women's Fiction