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Title: a slow burn that culminates into an infernal climax
Review: Until I read A Winter Haunting, I had forgotten why I enjoyed Summer of Night so much. Simmons teases his readers with a level of suspense and fear that builds so very slowly and methodically that, by the end, the reader is mentally exhausted. Plus, the "twists" in the novel were truly unexpected, unlike the so called "surprises" in some novels that you can see coming from a mile away while blindfolded and passed out. It kind of reminded me of the movie, "The Sixth Sense", in that respect. While it still doesn't quite measure up to Summer of Night for me, A Winter Haunting is a more than worthy sequel that will make you question the bumps and creaks in the middle of the night.
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