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Isolation (2008)

by Travis Thrasher(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0446505544 (ISBN13: 9780446505543)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

FaithWords

review 1: I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. This is not the first time I have randomly picked up a book at the library because it sounded interesting, and been sorely disappointed to find out that it's Christian fiction. Nothing against the genre, but from my experience most of it just comes across way too preachy and that was definitely the case here. The author writes well and the story had a lot of potential, but give it a rest already! At one point, the word God was used eight times on one page. The author totally lost me though, when a key character that had been killed was resurrected. The story would have worked so much better if the author had used a lighter hand with the theology, and kept the story line somewhat believable. Skip this one, there'... mores better books out there.
review 2: This is my first book by Travis Thrasher. After devouring this book in just over a day, he's definetly going to be on my radar from now on.I like the type of horror or mystery that makes you think. Something that offers you hints as to what's going on or has happened, but doesn't have to rely on shock value or being overly graphic to get its point across. This book has that in spades.In summary, a family of missionaries, after returning from a very hard mission overseas that was wrought with failure and tradedy, look for some well deserved R and R as a means to collect themselves and reconnect as a family. The husband is stressed from working so hard for years and the wife is having sleep walking/nightmare issues of her own. Or ARE they actually nightmares?In seeking their furlough they're recommended a sprawling 40,000 square foot mansion/cabin built by a reclusive millionaire on a mountain in North Carolina that is now being used as a missionary retreat. Little did they know what secrets hide in the mansion's past and its dark corners.Things start to go bad even before they get there. The husband wonders if moving them miles away from family and home is the right thing for his family and the wife has strong feelings of dread over the very idea. It's when they get to the house that things REALLY go bad.Isolation is like a cross between The Shining, The Exorcist and the Amityville Horror. There's alot of spiritual conflict, good vs. evil in its most biblical sense.Thrasher hints at things discovered, nightmares realized, memories surfaced, rituals performed in the past, but doesn't dwell on them for the sake of dwelling on them. He flashes at an image or a memory and then moves on, relying more on the confusion and terror of the characters to drive the story than out and out shock moments which makes for a really engrossing and, quite honestly, addicting read. This is also why I rated it a four instead of five out of five.The one thing I REALLY wanted to know was about the wife's childhood and resurfaced memories. Not much is revealed about her nightmares or dark memories. That's the one thing that I wish Thrasher would have covered and explained more fully.Other than that, the book is FANTASTIC. A gripping novel that's very difficult to put down. less

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