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The Seeker (2014)

by R.B. Chesterton(Favorite Author)

3.08 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1605985007 (ISBN13: 9781605985008)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Pegasus Books

review 1: Although I enjoyed Chesterton's style and the story was refreshing compared to may mainstream publications- I think it was a loss of time. The plot never evolves; nothing ever happens in the book. The Seeker remains at that. I was glued to the book for the sole reason of wanting to know what would happen next. By the time I reached the last page I was as if I had just started reading, not knowing what was about to happen.In the end I had conflicting emotions about The Seeker, while I was happy I borrowed the book from the library- I was sad I couldn't set it on fire. Bottom-line: Stupid.
review 2: I love the premise of The Seeker: a graduate student (Aine Cahill) looks to turn history on its ear by exposing the "truth" about Thoreau's ostensibly solitary time ... morespent on Walden Pond. The idea that she--and she alone--has the secret diary of the the woman who might have been Thoreau's companion and lover lends an immediate intensity to the tale. Chesteron (Carolyn Haines) takes southern gothic literary tradition back to its Yankee roots, painting Walden Pond as not just a pastoral, inspiring place, but as a dark keeper of secrets both criminal and supernatural. The story has such an aura of romance (literary, not sexual, though there is some quite steamy sex here!), one finds oneself not quite prepared for how terrifying the story becomes. It begins with a classic gothic scenario: small footprints and a mysterious young girl who may or may not be a ghost. There's even a Barbie doll (dolls are a theme--watch out for them). But as the bodies begin to pile up, and Aine Cahill is drawn more deeply into the harrowing world of the diary, the story seems to turn inside out, and we're compelled to follow, eyes wide and shoulders tense, half-afraid but ready for what writer Mark Haddon describes as "a glimpse into that outer darkness." Believe Cahill, or don't--but trust Chesterton to take you on a surreal, darkly satisfying journey to the very boundaries of imagination. less

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