- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Leisure Books (1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0843944838
- ISBN-13: 978-0843944839
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.1 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 186 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,007,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
storytelling is hexed,
By David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hexes (Mass Market Paperback)
First the good news-- Piccirilli has a unique writing style that gives an otherworldly feel to the events unfolding in the novel, a mixture of matter-of-factness mixed with a skewed view of reality that evokes a combination of vintage Bradbury and Ramsey Campbell. On the negative side, both the story and the characters are somewhat unfocused, the writer assumes the reader has a fair amount of knowledge about magick (which, I believe, he writes as *magik*), and the ending degenerates into the usual bloody massacre in which numerous characters meet an ugly death. In short, he has an intriguing writing style which, once I warmed up to it, I really liked. Too bad the story fell short of expectations.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredibly powerful occult horror,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hexes (Mass Market Paperback)
A friend of mine recommended this book to me and I'm glad she did. HEXES is one of my new all-time favorite books. This is a top-notch horror novel that will claw its way under your skin. There are some wonderfully chilling scenes in here, but there's also a light, playful air about much of the story as well. There's a real sense of poetry here as certain scenes just sing off the page. There are many funny characters stuck in strange situations, and there's one of the most memorable dogs in horror fiction this side of Dean Koontz's Einstein from Watchers. An odd mixture of thrills, chills, and tongue in cheek satire. I can't wait to also read A Lower Deep, The Night Class, and A Choir of Ill Children, which has one of the most amazing titles I've ever seen.
1.0 out of 5 stars
characterization is weak,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hexes (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is dreadful, and not in a good way. I read it with high expectations, having enjoyed his short story "Voice C" in Cemetery Dance. The short story works, but in a novel, unlike a short story, you need to flesh out the characters. Tom can't seem to do this. His female characters, espcially, show about as much depth as a soap opera housewife. They smile a lot, then frown, then they smile some more. Also, the dialog stinks. I just think that if people talked the way they talk in Hexes, I would shoot myself out of sheer annoyance.Going along with the simple-minded characters is a simple-minded plot. Mostly it's just this farcical build-up towards a awful climax. He might as well have written in all caps at the begining of each chapter, "THE CLIMAX IS AT THE PARTY!" I think he wanted it to be shocking. Instead it's dumb and as annoying as getting a parking ticket. It is truly the most unbelievable party setting ever. All it was missing was maybe a pharoh and the wolfman. AVOID AVOID AVOID!
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