Black House
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Written by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
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Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and her Territories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI. He has no recollection of his adventures in the Territories and was compelled to leave the police force when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken those memories.When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades earlier by a real-life madman named Albert Fish, the killer is dubbed "The Fisherman" and Jack's buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help his inexperienced force find him. But is this merely the work of a disturbed individual, or has a mysterious and malignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causes Jack's inexplicable waking dreams, if that is what they are, of robins' eggs and red feathers? It's almost as if someone is trying to tell him something. As that message becomes increasingly impossible to ignore, Jack is drawn back to the Territories and to his own hidden past, where he may find the soul-strength to enter a terrifying house at the end of a deserted track of forest, there to encounter the obscene and ferocious evils sheltered within it.
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Avid thinks this book is Worth Reading.
This, the sequel to The Talisman is worth reading for those who have read The Talisman.
I didn't like the changes in tone and perspective; point of view, almost, that the authors used throughout, especially dividing the middle from the beginning and ending. I'm not sure if they meant to do it (I would like to assume so since they're both accomplished authors) or if they each tried to explain it without reading each other's work. (without giving anything away... it just seems to me that the wind doesn't need to hitch a ride).
Along with the trouble I had with above, I also found the main storyline not moving fast enough for my taste. Seems there was a lot of superfluous information and character development that went nowhere or fizzled out completely. Although, I might be missing some things as this novel is Dark Tower-Connected. And I tend to expect much from SK in terms of exciting, thrilling, roller coaster reads.
For those who enjoyed The Talisman, this is a good read in terms of completing the memoirs of Jack Sawyer, and there are some fun character cameos.
For those who enjoyed the Dark Tower series and were left wanting, read these both, along with the many other related stories written by King. (I believe I've finished tagging them "Dark Tower")
For those who have never read either of these authors, don't start with this.