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Jeffrey E. Barlough

Autor/a de Dark Sleeper: A Novel

12 obres 350 Membres 20 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Inclou aquests noms: Jeffrey Barlough, Jeffery Barlough

Crèdit de la imatge: www.westernlightsbooks.com/bio.html Photo by Dr. Gene Berry

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Obres de Jeffrey E. Barlough

Dark Sleeper: A Novel (2000) 124 exemplars
Strange Cargo (2004) 69 exemplars
Anchorwick (2008) 21 exemplars
Bertram of Butter Cross (2007) 19 exemplars
A Tangle in Slops (2011) 10 exemplars
The Cobbler of Ridingham (2014) 6 exemplars
Where The Time Goes (2016) 4 exemplars
What I Found at Hoole (2012) 3 exemplars
The Thing in the Close (2018) 3 exemplars
Hooting Grange (2021) 3 exemplars

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Hooting Grange returns us to Fenshire, in the town of Market Snailsby, where we meet the usual range of Dickensian-named characters, many with secrets, some with missions, and some just there for comic relief.

The main character, more or less, Captain Surtees, has inherited the ill-omened Hooting Grange from his aunt, and is fruitlessly seeking to get people in to refurbish some of its rooms. A mysterious stranger is poking around, asking questions and raising suspicions. A visiting academic is cataloging the Captain's aunt's library (or is he?). An invisible creature is disrupting village life with its nightly howling and smashing of water butts, troughs, boats, and the like.

Meanwhile, ordinary life goes on: people visit with each other; gossips gossip; shops are perused; taverns and inns serve ale, tea, cakes, and more. As usual, some of the animals provide useful and amusing commentary on the proceedings, and others appear merely as themselves.

Eventually the various mysteries come together and are resolved. Life goes on, a bit quieter again, but those gossips are still eagerly stirring the pot, eager for the next mystery.

I don’t understand why the Western Lights series isn’t a lot more popular than it is, as they’re always delightful, with a balanced mix of quirky characters, weird happenings, and humorous side roads. Hooting Grange continues the series as expected, and is a nice addition to the history of the Sundered World.

The only real criticism I have of Hooting Grange is that I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. The various mysteries slowly revealed themselves (often turning out to be one sort of misunderstanding or another), and then there's a visitation that abruptly ties together the remaining threads, and closes the story. I would have enjoyed a slower bit-by-bit revelation more, as reaching the end of one of Barlough's books is always a bittersweet moment, often all the sweeter after a longer run.
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cmc | Jun 24, 2021 |
I'm guessing this type of writing isn't for everyone, but it's definitely for me (and my wife). I love this series. The characters are so colorful and memorable. I will admit that I was getting a little bored towards the middle but then it started picking up and was great from there.

Really glad to find out that there are 3 more books after this. Will definitely be picking them up.
 
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ragwaine | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Feb 6, 2019 |
Barlough's style is very different from a lot of books I've read. It's all about outrageous memorable characters. There was definitely a story there, but it's almost like you can tell he would rather talk about characters than make up some interesting plot. My wife and I enjoyed it a lot, but we both would have loved there to be some kind of action in the first 3/4ths of the book. It kind of sped to an (very unexpected) ending.
½
 
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ragwaine | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Nov 10, 2017 |
This entry in the wonderful Western Lights series takes a sharp turn into very dark science fiction. We learn the cause of the Sundering, and, while much of the book is that fine balance between humor and good cheer and darker undercurrents, we are left facing a very dire future.
½
 
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cmc | Jul 22, 2017 |

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Obres
12
Membres
350
Popularitat
#68,329
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
20
ISBN
13
Preferit
1

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