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The Shadows: A Novel de Alex North
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The Shadows: A Novel (2020 original; edició 2020)

de Alex North (Autor)

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"The haunting new thriller from Alex North, author of the New York Times bestseller The Whisper Man You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile--always on the outside of the group. Some part of you suspected he might be capable of doing something awful. Twenty-five years ago, Crabtree did just that, committing a murder so shocking that it's attracted that strange kind of infamy that only exists on the darkest corners of the internet--and inspired more than one copycat. Paul Adams remembers the case all too well: Crabtree--and his victim--were Paul's friends. Paul has slowly put his life back together. But now his mother, old and senile, has taken a turn for the worse. Though every inch of him resists, it is time to come home. It's not long before things start to go wrong. Reading the news, Paul learns another copycat has struck. His mother is distressed, insistent that there's something in the house. And someone is following him. Which reminds him of the most unsettling thing about that awful day twenty-five years ago. It wasn't just the murder. It was the fact that afterward, Charlie Crabtree was never seen again.."--… (més)
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Títol:The Shadows: A Novel
Autors:Alex North (Autor)
Informació:Celadon Books (2020), 336 pages
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Es mostren 1-5 de 44 (següent | mostra-les totes)
The people who have reviewed this book here have given it rave reviews, and I am left wondering if we read the same book because I thought it was a mess, particularly at the end. At times, I thought it had potential and there were enough creepy spots that it kept me reading. The way the mystery was resolved, though, was so out of left field that it made me annoyed that I did finish the book. ( )
  flourgirl49 | Mar 3, 2024 |
I could not put this book down. Most of the twists I didn’t see coming, but I love how everything fell into place. I really liked that all of the “supernatural” elements were rationally explained by the end. This is a great story of grief and horrible things it can lead people to do. ( )
  mancinibo | Nov 30, 2023 |
I want to give this book 5 stars just because of the last part of it, but I can’t because of the second part.

It was a great, intriguing story, but the middle dragged on. I kept getting distracted as I was reading. Definitely not enough to stop reading, but I found myself rereading pages because I was so distracted. However, it was a VERY good story and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to read a good thriller. ( )
  Danielle.Desrochers | Oct 10, 2023 |
Great story with elements of mystery and intrigue. The synopsis I read eluded to this story having a paranormal or fantasy probability. Spoiler: it does not. If you are looking for that in a book, then this isn't for you. A great mystery, then yes. ( )
  NicoleScuderi | Sep 14, 2023 |
Gleich bei ihrer ersten Begegnung mit Charlie Crabtee ist Paul von ihm fasziniert. Sie werden Freunde. Doch dann wird Crabtree wegen Mordes gesucht, aber er ist spurlos verschwunden.
Paul kehrt nach fünfundzwanzig Jahren in seine Heimatstadt zurück, da ihn die Pflegerin seiner Mutter informiert hat, dass die Mutter im Sterben liegt. Während er an ihrem Bett sitzt, reagiert sie plötzlich sehr merkwürdig und behauptet, dass etwas im Haus ist. Sie redet von roten Händen – überall. Später in ihrem Haus findet Paul alte Notizhefte und dann auf dem Dachboden überall rote Handabdrücke. Er hat die Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen wollen, doch sie ist ständig präsent und Paul muss sich ihr stellen.
Detective Amanda Beck bekommt es mit einem brutalen Mordfall zu tun, bei der Jugendliche ihren Freund ermordet haben. Ihre Ermittlungen führen sie auf eine True-Crime-Website, die Erschreckendes aufzeigen.
Ich habe das vorige Buch des Autors Alex North „Der Kinderflüsterer“ nicht gelesen, war aber gespannt auf dieses Buch. Leider hat mich dieser Roman nicht gefesselt. Die Perspektiven und Zeiten wechseln ständig, so dass man beim Lesen aufpassen muss. Von Anfang an herrscht eine sehr düstere und beklemmende Grundstimmung. Mir aber fehlte die angekündigte nervenzerreißende Spannung.
Die Charaktere sind interessant beschrieben. Charlie bringt seine Freunde dazu, ihre Träume aufzuschreiben. Sie sollen soweit kommen, dass sie bestimmen, was sie träumen werden. Amanda Beck ist eine junge Frau, die mit den schrecklichen Bildern, die ihr Job mit sich bringt, nur schwer fertig wird.
Ich habe mich zuvor noch nicht mit lusziden Träumen beschäftigt und fand das Thema interessant, aber in dieser Geschichte einfach nur schauerlich.
Schade, dass mich dieser Roman nicht so packen konnte, wie ich das erwartet hatte. Trotzdem ist das Buch ganz interessant. ( )
  buecherwurm1310 | Jul 2, 2023 |
Es mostren 1-5 de 44 (següent | mostra-les totes)
Twenty-five years ago, near the English village of Featherbank, which served as the setting of North's debut, The Whisper Man, there were four boys who weren't really close. But three were outcasts at school and the fourth, Paul, tagged along to protect his friend James, who was in the thrall of the group's leader, Charlie Crabtree. Charlie came up with an idea: they would all keep dream diaries, using them to make their dreams converge; then they could control events in the waking world and avenge themselves on their tormentors. Eventually, three went into a dark woods, the Shadows. Only one came out; a mutilated corpse was left behind. The one who came out went to prison, but Charlie Crabtree disappeared, never to be heard from again. Now Paul has come home--his mother's dying, he hasn't seen her in 25 years--and bad things start up again. There's a copycat killing in the woods. Someone follows it on the Dark Net. "Red hands everywhere," his mother mutters. Paul searches for answers. Before this twisty story ends, there are many surprises, including who's been killed and who killed them. VERDICT The conclusion wraps it up too tidily, but overall, this is a successful, creepy thriller. If you like Stephen King, you'll probably like North's new thriller, too.
afegit per VivienneR | editaLibrary Journal (Feb 11, 2022)
 
The pseudonymous North follows up his sensational debut, 2019’s The Whisper Man, with another terrifying spine-tingler set in Featherbank, England. When Paul Adams was 15, his school playground was the scene of the murder of one of his friends. The alleged killer, teenager Charlie Crabtree, was another friend of Paul. Charlie disappeared and was never seen again. After going away to college, Paul doesn’t return to Featherbank until, as a 40-year-old English teacher, he decides he must come home to tend to his dying mother. To his dismay, history appears to be repeating itself with a series of copycat killings of teenage boys. Det. Amanda Beck, from the previous novel, investigates as the bodies pile up and suspects accumulate. Ghosts (real and imagined) continue to haunt Paul, whose senile mother fears something strange is in the house. The complex plot shifts smoothly between past and present with numerous unexpected twists. An overwhelming atmosphere of doom and disaster hovers over the perennial darkness of the nearby woods. This heart-pounding page-turner is impossible to put down.
afegit per VivienneR | editaPublisher's Weekly (Apr 1, 2020)
 
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"The haunting new thriller from Alex North, author of the New York Times bestseller The Whisper Man You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile--always on the outside of the group. Some part of you suspected he might be capable of doing something awful. Twenty-five years ago, Crabtree did just that, committing a murder so shocking that it's attracted that strange kind of infamy that only exists on the darkest corners of the internet--and inspired more than one copycat. Paul Adams remembers the case all too well: Crabtree--and his victim--were Paul's friends. Paul has slowly put his life back together. But now his mother, old and senile, has taken a turn for the worse. Though every inch of him resists, it is time to come home. It's not long before things start to go wrong. Reading the news, Paul learns another copycat has struck. His mother is distressed, insistent that there's something in the house. And someone is following him. Which reminds him of the most unsettling thing about that awful day twenty-five years ago. It wasn't just the murder. It was the fact that afterward, Charlie Crabtree was never seen again.."--

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