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Ronald Malfi

Autor(a) de Floating Staircase

36+ Works 2,205 Membros 184 Críticas 5 Favorited

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Inclui os nomes: Ronald Malfi, Ronald Malfi

Image credit: Ronald Malfi at HorrorFind September 4, 2010 photo by Nathan Filizzi (yoyogod)

Obras por Ronald Malfi

Floating Staircase (2011) 234 exemplares
Come With Me (2021) 206 exemplares
Little Girls (2015) 206 exemplares
Bone White (2017) 194 exemplares
The Night Parade (2016) 176 exemplares
Snow (2010) 163 exemplares
December Park (2014) 155 exemplares
Black Mouth (2022) 137 exemplares
The Narrows (2012) 99 exemplares
Ghostwritten (1022) 75 exemplares
Cradle Lake (2013) 71 exemplares
The Ascent (2010) 58 exemplares
The Mourning House (2012) 51 exemplares
The Fall of Never (2004) 38 exemplares
Shamrock Alley (2009) 33 exemplares
They Lurk (2014) 31 exemplares
The Passenger (2008) 28 exemplares
The Boy in the Lot (2012) 26 exemplares
Mr. Cables (2020) 21 exemplares
Via Dolorosa (2007) 17 exemplares
After the Fade (2012) 17 exemplares
Borealis (2012) 15 exemplares
Skullbelly (2011) 15 exemplares
A Shrill Keening (2014) 14 exemplares
The Separation (2011) 10 exemplares
The Nature of Monsters (2006) 7 exemplares
The Stranger 6 exemplares
The Canyon of Souls (2011) 3 exemplares
The Space Between (2000) 2 exemplares
The Ascent - Der Aufstieg (2017) 1 exemplar
Bone White 1 exemplar
Borealis 1 exemplar

Associated Works

October Dreams II (Anthology) (2016) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Sick: An Anthology of Illness (2003) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
New Dark Voices II (2009) — Autor — 16 exemplares
The Demons of King Solomon (2017) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Horror Drive in Presents an All-Night Short Story Marathon (2012) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Dark Hallows: 10 Halloween Haunts (Anthology) (2015) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2 (2017) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Dark Hallows II: Tales from the Witching Hour (2016) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Malfi, Ronald
Nome legal
Malfi, Ronald Damien
Data de nascimento
1977
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Educação
Towson University

Membros

Críticas

This is a post apocalyptic novel yet what is in the foreground is the emotional interactions between father and daughter. Normally, not exactly up my alley but the story and its characters just take you for an unforgettable ride. The main character, the father, maybe beset with many faults, but those faults are the ones that hit close to home. And whatever I would have done differently from him, at the end his final determination makes him larger than life.
 
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nitrolpost | 18 outras críticas | Mar 19, 2024 |
I’m an in awe of Ronald Malfi. After having read his third book (in my time line of reading not the authors of writing) Little Girls, he has delivered thrice and has me wanting for more.
Little Girls starts out as a simple case of inheritance. Estranged daughter returns to the house she spent her youth in. She hopes to sell it and with it the fears and bad memories still haunting her. But the complexity of the story, the characters increases as we read on. It does so slowly without us quite realizing so. Events and characters initially appear innocuous, holding no mystery, then as we progress, we make connections but view them as merely coincidental. Then, finally, a murderous truth takes shape where nothing and nobody remains innocent or coincidental.
It says on the cover that this is a ghost story. And it may well be, if you interpret events in the traditional haunted sense. I, however, saw nothing that could not be explained by the terrible things our own and mind can do to us when we have reached a cracking point.
In sum, this is a great work of fiction, I would recommend without reservation to any lover of plots that expose our human nature with brutal honesty that can produce deep-seating emotions with the subtle but powerful tools of literature and archetypical fears. Recommended
… (mais)
 
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nitrolpost | 16 outras críticas | Mar 19, 2024 |
Ronald Malfi’s December Park is more than a solid read, entering ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ territory it ticks all the boxes that keeps you entertained for 16h / 534pp.
I suspect the author was growing up in the 90s for he truly makes the time and setting come to life. Pretty soon I felt transported into that transformative era when computers were slowly accepted in households, cassette tapes became obsolete, and heavy metal became music for the masses. The young protagonist ‘s family life depicted in the quiet town of Harting Farm is beautiful, the grandparents filling a hole that is left my a missing mother and brother.The youthful characters of a band of brothers of five are well-rounded, well-thought out, if not always that believable. The main character, aged 15/16 is a teenager that has, at times, thoughts much too mature and grownup. But that is forgivable, quite understandable even when we write of what has long past in our own lives. Besides, that unnatural maturity adds to the the overall reflective complexity of the main character. The mystery as personified by the “Piper” , an elusive character allegedly responsible for a series of disappearances in a small Maryland community just of the coast, keeps you one your toes and guessing. Admittedly, until very late in the book I had no clue as to identity and motive of the “Piper”. The story told scores high on suspense, high on being able to just observe the everyday lives of the band of youths, their silly yet often hilarious banter and name-calling “... uglier than Gorbachev’s wife, ... fart-faced perfumed anus opening” (not sure I remember that one correctly… (mais)
 
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nitrolpost | 26 outras críticas | Mar 19, 2024 |
Fans of Stephen King’s Stand by Me will love Ronald Malfi’s December Park.

Ronald Malfi’s December Park is a master class in character development. The story follows a group of friends who witness the body of a young girl being recovered from the woods near their home. The discovery of her remains marks a gruesome twist in a rash of recent child disappearances perpetrated by someone nicknamed “The Piper.”

Angie and his band of friends, burdened by scrawny newcomer Adrian, who has found evidence he hasn’t shared with the police, endeavor to discover “The Piper’s” identity and restore peace to their Harting Farms suburb. So begins a summer of comradery and exploration. How much does one risk for true friendship? Can there ever be a stronger bond than exists during adolescence?

Having just read Malfi’s Black Mouth, I expected December Park to fall into the horror category. While there were some gross-out moments, it is much more of a literary mystery than a horror novel. It is an exploration of a summer without social media and cell phones. Boys riding bikes and traipsing through the woods. Sneaking a cigarette and meeting friends at the local diner. It is about the things in these characters’ pasts that attempt to define them, and what it means to discover one’s self.

December Park offers a nostalgic look at the folly and bravery of youth in the nineties. It explores the depth of bonds forged in loyalty and the innocence of the past when children weren’t helicopter parented and tethered to tech. A dangerous time, for sure, but what a story! This heartbreaking-yet-hopeful novel is one of the best slow burns I’ve read in a long time. Angie and his band of brothers drew me in from page one. A big thank you to the author for such an entertaining escape and kudos for a job well done. Highly recommended!




… (mais)
 
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bfrisch | 26 outras críticas | Mar 3, 2024 |

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Obras
36
Also by
9
Membros
2,205
Popularidade
#11,631
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
184
ISBN
134
Línguas
4
Marcado como favorito
5

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