What better time to read All Hallows than during the week of Halloween, which is what I did. The book, which takes place in the 1980s, follows several families in one neighborhood on Halloween night. A few strange children mix in with the trick or treaters and Haunted Trail goers to try to befriend other children. As the night progresses, everyone’s dirty laundry becomes public as some of their children go missing. Kidnapped by the strange children as an offering to something sinister.
Christopher Golden is great at creating suspense. At putting his characters into impossible situations. This book is no exception. Set against the spooky backdrop of Halloween, and it becomes quite unputdownable if you are in a spooky mood.
This is a highly populated novel with a lot of characters to follow, but somehow the reader is able to know each intimately. To care for them. Root for them. Or in the case of one or two of them, root for them to be the victim because they are so awful. These are flawed people in imperfect families trying their best, and it grounds the novel in reality even as witchcraft and demons set a scary tone.
Halloween is my favorite holiday, so imagine me gleefully reading about a man and his daughter building a haunted trail together because they love Halloween so much. The love story between two teenage girls as they discover their crushes on each other amid trick or treating is also one of the better storylines. And a teenage daughter standing up for her mother against an abusive, alcoholic father. Some really great storytelling here set against fast paced action and gore. All the feels and all the gore all at the same time.
Four out of five stars. And it’s never too late to read a book about Halloween. Even if Thanksgiving is next week.
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What better time to read All Hallows than during the week of Halloween, which is what I did. The book, which takes place in the 1980s, follows several families in one neighborhood on Halloween night. A few strange children mix in with the trick or treaters and Haunted Trail goers to try to befriend other children. As the night progresses, everyone’s dirty laundry becomes public as some of their children go missing. Kidnapped by the strange children as an offering to something sinister.
Christopher Golden is great at creating suspense. At putting his characters into impossible situations. This book is no exception. Set against the spooky backdrop of Halloween, and it becomes quite unputdownable if you are in a spooky mood.
This is a highly populated novel with a lot of characters to follow, but somehow the reader is able to know each intimately. To care for them. Root for them. Or in the case of one or two of them, root for them to be the victim because they are so awful. These are flawed people in imperfect families trying their best, and it grounds the novel in reality even as witchcraft and demons set a scary tone.
Halloween is my favorite holiday, so imagine me gleefully reading about a man and his daughter building a haunted trail together because they love Halloween so much. The love story between two teenage girls as they discover their crushes on each other amid trick or treating is also one of the better storylines. And a teenage daughter standing up for her mother against an abusive, alcoholic father. Some really great storytelling here set against fast paced action and gore. All the feels and all the gore all at the same time.
Four out of five stars. And it’s never too late to read a book about Halloween. Even if Thanksgiving is next week.
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