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Title: disappointing
Review: I thought the first half of Kiernan's novel Silk to be brilliant-- sheer poetry and a definite return to the great southern gothic style that characterized Faulkner, O'Conner, and some of Oates' recent works. But after spending so much time developing her characters, setting mood, Kiernan falters into fantasy, garbled action, and typical horror schlock. She systematically does away with her characters in typical ten-little indians style, never fully exploring the threads she sows earlier-- the war of the angels and the effects of childhood abuse. Rather than a psychological exploration, it simply becomes another in a growing list of bodiless, rootless horror. She's capable of much better.
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