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The Walls Of The Castle (2012)

by Tom Piccirilli(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1937128423 (ISBN13: 9781937128425)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Dark Regions Press

review 1: A man named Kasteel lives in the Castle, the hospital where his son died, so wracked with grief that he cannot leave...So I got this as a reward for contributing to a Black Labyrinth Kickstarter to finance a new Joe Lansdale book. I'd heard of Tom Piccirilli before but never read him.This was a pretty good little novella. Kasteel is a criminal who secretly lives in the hospital where his son died, acting as a guardian angel to the patients rather than letting go of his grief and going home to his wife.The Walls of the Castle is a psychological atmospheric novel that is mainly about dealing with grief and loss. In Kasteel's case, he deals with it with violence, intimidation, and hiding from the world. Once he's convinced Abbadon, the Angel of Death, is also lurking in t... morehe hospital, the story gets even more intense.The story read like a dark, violent Twilight Zone episode. I think it would look great filmed in black and white.I had to dock a star because the ending felt really abrupt. I hope Kasteel remembers his name and leaves the hospital one day. Four out of five stars.
review 2: The "castle" of the title is a humongous hospital that employs over 9,000 people and has a long history dating back before the American Revolution. We learn about the place through the eyes of Kasteel, a haunted man who spends his time helping others there in the wake of his son's death. No one writes hurting heros like Piccirilli, and Kasteel is no exception.In his quest to come to terms with the loss of his young son, Kasteel finds himself at the center of a mystery: it seems someone called Abaddon has been visiting certain patients late at night, and when it's finally revealed who this is the tale takes on an even darker tone.Part mystery, part horror, part mind-bending thriller, this is everything fans of the author have come to expect. This is classic Piccirilli at his finest.The limited edition hardcover reviewed here also contains the bonus short titled 'Face Blindness,' about an older detective dating a teenage celebrity and trying to solve a thirty-year old murder case despite being a part of his rich young girlfriend's family's reality TV show (trust me, it works). The ending will have you standing up and cheering, and makes for a great double-feature with the title tale. less

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