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Title: Very Disappointed
Review: I purchased this book with great expectations of enjoying a suspenseful read. Unfortunately it's not. There's a great opening prologue involving an apparent kidnapper and a young girl who is apparently his victim. Then we move on to the Chowder Club, a group of old men who tell ghost stories and for the two hundred or so pages we are stuck. We get hints of horrors, a lot of confusing suggestions meant to baffle and keep the reader interested but it is done so often and for so long that it fails. Interesting and gripping moments along the way but too few to keep this reader's interest. I forced myself to the end however.Shame. I like some of Straub's books (Koko) and since this was hailed by so many as one of his best, I thought I'd enjoy it. Did not.
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