"Do our demons come from without or within us?"
The Harrowing is an beautifully written, successful debut novel from Alexandra Sokoloff. It's an amazing ghost story, that might actually scare you. It's easy to visualize; on the spot, the voices the characters, the expressions, are so swiftly described almost as if, a movie. The plot also, is very interesting, it hooks you, the way everything is revealed. And the real goodie is at the end, the ending is the best thing you could ask for. Again, its as easy to imagine as a movie.
The story follows five unlikely companions--- students of Baird College. Echoing with a spirit, mystery, and over one simple Ouija board, many things can happen. Robin, felt so apart from the world, she thought she was alone. She met misfits during the Thanksgiving weekend, five soon to be friends decided to play with a planchette, but who knows what kind of gateway they're opening. The five find themselves as part of a prank gone wrong – or maybe; a spirit haunting them from the past. Darkness following five students – no one wants it, no one will miss it.
The style of the story, is so modern, so familiar. It seems like ordinary life. The swearing, that the book wouldn't sound natural without, really shows character, understanding, maybe just the quickest way to show a characteristic. It was a page turner, it was scary. It was a thriller and the way everything was portrayed made it very interesting, easy to visulaize, easy to feel and relate to, and way easy to be surprised, shocked scared. From a non-book worm's point of a view, if you read the book non-stop for a while, it would be like you had mood swings, and at one point, digging ur face in the book with interest. The writing style was quick, holding paragraphs at the right time, pausing at the right time, describing even silence, and roaring of air, every action every motion, so simply described -- that it worked.
Nominated for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
The Harrowing is an beautifully written, successful debut novel from Alexandra Sokoloff. It's an amazing ghost story, that might actually scare you. It's easy to visualize; on the spot, the voices the characters, the expressions, are so swiftly described almost as if, a movie. The plot also, is very interesting, it hooks you, the way everything is revealed. And the real goodie is at the end, the ending is the best thing you could ask for. Again, its as easy to imagine as a movie.
The story follows five unlikely companions--- students of Baird College. Echoing with a spirit, mystery, and over one simple Ouija board, many things can happen. Robin, felt so apart from the world, she thought she was alone. She met misfits during the Thanksgiving weekend, five soon to be friends decided to play with a planchette, but who knows what kind of gateway they're opening. The five find themselves as part of a prank gone wrong – or maybe; a spirit haunting them from the past. Darkness following five students – no one wants it, no one will miss it.
The style of the story, is so modern, so familiar. It seems like ordinary life. The swearing, that the book wouldn't sound natural without, really shows character, understanding, maybe just the quickest way to show a characteristic. It was a page turner, it was scary. It was a thriller and the way everything was portrayed made it very interesting, easy to visulaize, easy to feel and relate to, and way easy to be surprised, shocked scared. From a non-book worm's point of a view, if you read the book non-stop for a while, it would be like you had mood swings, and at one point, digging ur face in the book with interest. The writing style was quick, holding paragraphs at the right time, pausing at the right time, describing even silence, and roaring of air, every action every motion, so simply described -- that it worked.
What I find amazing is that. Seriously this is her first novel. Not really her first work of writing. But this was amazing. She made scripts for movies before, and is part of a Killer Thriller band fro artists in her free time. She was apparently told ghost stories when she was little. And its evident she's good at writing them.
The novel really carried a moral. Only finding light, love, care, in people. Almost like, people are our blades and our bandaids. The searching, finding, including of light really affects the story at the end. It seems very effective. On humans because its so... real. So real yet so fake but, easy to imagine. I guess thats the thril of horror.
The term.. discarded ones. Really seems affective too.
Awards
Nominated for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
Mark : 10/10
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