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The Bank Of The River (2013)

by Michael Richan(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1490425209 (ISBN13: 9781490425207)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Dantull

series

The River

review 1: This book is the first in a series of paranormal events. In this case, we have Steven, who has just moved into a house where supernatural occurrences begin plaguing him. A rationalist, he first suspects the cause to be a brain tumor, rather than entertain the notion that he could be living in a haunted house. After a visit to his father--that he's never been close to--things start to rapidly take off. I felt that this story really dealt with two entwined tales; that of the haunting beseiging Steve and former occupants of his house, and the building of a relationship between a father and son, who never really "knew" each other before. I felt that Steve accepted his father's theories and oddities a bit too quickly for someone who just days before would rather have believ... moreed that he had a brain tumor than a ghost. However, by the end of the story, Steve's place beside his father made more sense, and his previous "rationality" seemed more of a defense mechanism adopted by him as a way to cope with his mother's overbearing religious fervor.The father/son duo will go onto a new adventure together in the second book in the series, A Haunting in Oregon, and I am anxious to see how their relationship progresses through this next adventure.
review 2: Initially read Oct. 2013; 2nd reading Dec.. 2014, in preparation for reading the entire series. very, very scary. An intriguing blend of "regular" haunting (violent death in the residence, residue & manifestation) and something even worse: an active manifestation not only occult but intentionally evil, and powerful. I especially liked the path of the estranged father and son, seemingly at opposite ends of the philosophical continuum (belief vs. rational skepticism) strive to bridge the gap to fight together against Supernatural danger. I especially enjoyed the ending, but agree with Steven, the son, there is still a loose ending left untended. less

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