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Blackwater Lights (2013)

by Michael M. Hughes(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345548809 (ISBN13: 9780345548801)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Hydra

review 1: DISCLAIMER: The author is a friend of mine.Call of Cthulhu meets 'Salem's Lot meets Dashiell Hammet about sums it up. A faced paced supernatural thriller complete with honorable good guys, really evil bad guys, and a few conflicted folks in the middle. The plot is somewhat predictable, but, honestly, what isn't nowadays in this genre? I actually prefer a unique rendering of a well known story to the overly contrived surprise twist that seems to be in vogue lately across all genres. Anyways, it's a quick read, especially once you get to the climax, which makes it a great beach book. The protagonist, Ray, is pretty sympathetic (possibly even overly so, as his whining can be a little much) but the antagonists in the form of Crawford and Lily are so downright repugnant th... moreat it doesn't take long for you to get past Ray's shortfalls and cheer him on, especially once he "man's up" during the climax. I look forward to reading the rumoured sequel!
review 2: Ray Simon is a school teacher who lives a very normal life in Baltimore. He gets a cryptic call from his childhood friend, Kevin, saying that he needs Ray to come to Blackwater because he has "evidence" that will explain "everything". Kevin and Ray went to summer camp in 1971 or 1972 and it was a traumatic experience for them both, something that still haunts Ray to this day. Ray relents to his friends request, not knowing that by doing so, his life will never be the same again. Hughes did a great job with the characters. In the town of Blackwater, Ray meets many people. Some are good, some not so much, and it was quite interesting as a reader not knowing who Ray could actually trust. I also liked the mystery of the "summer camp". Ray tries unsuccessfully to gain information on the camp, but keeps coming up empty. Nobody recalls said camp and the town's history books have zero information on the camp. The ending was OK. I would have preferred a much different ending for Ray, but at least there was a little bit of happiness to it. I recommend this book if you are a fan of Sci-fi, cults, unexplained phenomena, conspiracy, blackmail, and general wackos (and boy, were there plenty of those!). **I received this eARC courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. less

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