Koko. Trilogia della rosa blu. Vol. 1

Koko is a lenghty tome. My paperback copy spans 640 pages and promises great things - a haunting nightmare of four Vietnam veterans, reunited 15 years after the war, thrust back into the horrors of the war when they learn about a chain of murders comitted in Southeast Asia - the murderer always leav Leggi tutto

"Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyesThey send you down to warAnd when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"They only answer, "More, more, more"Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival Thanks again to Corey Woodcock for another stellar recommendation with Peter Straub's Koko.  My sec

It has been at least a decade since I last tried to read this book, which I had attempted before on two previous occasions. And I knew how far I had gotten each time, if not by some whiff of remembering; then at least by the markers I had placed where I had stopped each time. It was the pure princip Leggi tutto

the atmosphere of degradation, regret, self-loathing, and impending doom was pervasive and absorbing. the author shows a sure hand with characterization and a steady one with narrative. the identity of the killer was unsurprising but well-conceived. and either as an extended metaphor for What We Did Leggi tutto

Tricksy Review Where to start? An uneasy read, this. There is real madness to be found here. A brooding, heady insanity. Koko , the novel, is a disjointed, psychological, somewhat confusing affair. Why then is it such a good read? Well, because that is also the best way to describe half the characters Leggi tutto

This will likely be a long review, so I apologize in advance-there is so much to touch on here though, and I will keep it spoiler free as this really is something to be experienced, and experienced as cold as possible. There’s so much to be said about Peter Straub-his writing style, his characters, Leggi tutto

This is the epitome of mystery/thriller writing, penned by a master of literary fiction at the height of his powers. Four men, bonded by the horrors of war, reunite to hunt one of their own, when a series of brutal killings a world away leads them back into their shared pasts, to face the specter tha Leggi tutto

I may put this on my horror bookshelf, but in point of fact, it's a straight thriller in the mid-eighties extra page-count kind of way that lets us delve deep into the tortured psyches of a band of men, Vietnam vets, who get embroiled in the machinations of a serial killer -- or indeed, one of their Leggi tutto