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Loading... The Church of Dead Girls: A Novelpor Stephen Dobyns
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adorará Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se gostará deste livro. A small town is torn apart as the murders of young females continue. Between the grisly killings and pornographic sex, the true horror of this book is experiencing the change in the townspeople as they turn on each other. Perfectly crafted. (  ) jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |  This book was an interesting read. If you judge the title you will think you're in for a graphic thriller, which is not the case at all. Instead you are taken into the psychology of a small town as everyone tries to figure out the mystery behind the disappearances of three local teenage girls. You are the witness to a town falling apart as the case unravels. I was glad I chose to read this and it's definitely worth the 10 cent fine I will pay for bringing it back to the library a day later in order to finish the book. phantom245w44st | Apr 16, 2009 | Tells the story of a small town in which three girls disappear. The town and its residents are described in great detail. Anyone who is an outsider eventually falls under suspicion for the disappearances. I felt the characters were two-dimensional and stereotyped and that the story lacked emotional resonance. Disappointing as suspense, disappointing as literary fiction. (  ) vnovak | Nov 3, 2007 | MADreads | Nov 6, 2006 | I suppose on the cover this would be a mystery about three murdered girls in the small town of Aurelius in upstate New York. However, I found it to be much more than that. This is one of those books where nothing happens for the first half- Dobyns spends a good 100 pages setting up the personalities and places in Aurelius. This set up is well worth it, since by the time I realized nothing much had happened, I was too engrossed in the details of this small town. As Dobyns delves deeper into the personalities of his characters, the reader begins to realize that there is something dark beneath the surface of Aurelius. This darkness takes the form a murderer, yes. But the darkness comes through more clearly- and, for me, more frighteningly- in the behavior of the townspeople as the murders continue. (  ) Bustok | Apr 6, 2006 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com (ISBN 080505104X, Paperback)Despite its superficial resemblance to a whodunit, The Church of Dead Girls is not a conventional thriller. Don't expect it to be suspenseful. This is a literary horror tale--slow paced, contemplative, meticulous in its descriptions--about a formerly sleepy small town in which the crucial distinction between public and private life is dissolving as suspicion spreads like a toxin. The reader's guide to this process of corruption is a high school biology teacher--reserved, somewhat snotty, but a thoughtful man, and reliable in spite of his cynicism. He says, "It is dreadful not to be allowed to have secrets. Years ago I happened to uncover a nest of baby moles in the backyard and I watched them writhe miserably in the sunlight. We were like that." Ultimately you realize that the killer's identity, even the deaths of three girls, are small matters compared to the collapse of the town's very soul.(retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) A primeira ronda de testes foi já encerrada. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais informação. |
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