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5.0 out of 5 stars
Courtesy of Teens Read Too, Aug 24 2007
After finishing PROWLERS, the first book in this series by Christopher Golden, the only question I have is why it's proclaimed to be a young adult read. I guess it's because the main character, Jack Dwyer, is nineteen--but besides their age, there's nothing about this book that would make it strictly for young adult readers!
Jack's life is pretty predictable. Ever since the death of his mother in a car accident that also injured his sister, Courtney, the two have run Bridget's Irish Rose Pub together, making it into the type of pub/restaurant that their mother would have been proud of. Jack didn't attend college after high-school, but he's part owner of the Pub, has a number of friends, and is basically content with his life. He's even gotten a date with Kate, a friend of Molly's, who dates Jack's best friend, Artie.
Life is good, until after their double-date, when Jack and Molly have been dropped off at their respective houses, and things get ugly really quickly. Kate and Artie are found dead--mutilated and brutally murdered. The cops don't know what to make of it, and Jack--along with Molly--are existing in a sort of limbo, trying to come to terms with the death of their friends and loved ones.
And then Artie comes back--as a spirit from the Ghostlands, the place where spirits reside until they're ready to move on--to warn Jack about the Prowlers. Prowlers--monsters in human clothing, a lot like werewolves but different, who prey on humans and who are responsible for Kate and Artie's deaths.
What is Jack supposed to make of this? First, he can suddenly see ghosts. Secondly, there's monsters roaming the streets of Boston, and he feels compelled to bring them to justice. With cops covering up the murders that are soon piling up in town (including a nasty dispatch of some security guards at Fenway Park), Jack has no one to turn to except Molly, his sister Courtney, and the Pub's bartender, Bill Cantwell.
A fast-paced, compelling, thrilling, and often gruesome read, PROWLERS was absolutely awesome! Action, the paranormal, the story of love and friendship, all weave together to make this a book you won't be able to put down once you start reading. I highly recommend it, and can't wait to read the next book in the series.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
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5.0 out of 5 stars
They're real, They're here, and They'll find you............, Jan 12 2004
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Prowlers is a page-turning book of discovery by Christopher Golden. It is a wonderful book. The genre of it is fantasy. I am not a big fantasy person but this was a good book. I would recommend it for young adults that like a book with supernatural beings. It does get a little gory sometimes but it is not too bad.
Jack Dwyer is the main character of this book. He, along with his sister Courtney, run Bridget's Irish Pub in Boston. Their mother, Bridget, died nine years ago in a car crash. As I said this story is set in Boston, which is a good place for the book to be set in. For story purposes it is large and for audience purposes people can recognize the city. It makes this story more believable.
In the story Jacks best friend Artie and his one time girlfriend Kate, are killed. Jack and Molly, Arties serious girlfriend, are devastated. They are left to deal with the pain. It seems to them that they will never get over their friends' deaths. But then Arties ghost, who wanders the Ghostlands, visits Jack. He tells Jack that he wasn't murdered by something human. He was killed by monsters, Prowlers, who masquerade as humans. They hide out in large cities and kill people until they are almost revealed and then move on. Jack wants revenge and he decides that he is going to get it. He teams up with Molly to get back and destroy these monsters. But you never know who is a prowler and who isn't.
The characters are very finely drawn in this book. They defiantly develop as the story goes on. They change and grow in ways they didn't think were possible. But what captivated me was Goldens' writing style. I was in suspense the whole book. I couldn't put this book down. I really liked how he started off the book. I was pulled into the story by the first line.
There is really no moral to the story and this book is defiantly different from his others. I think he needed a change of style. Which is good because he keeps his fans guessing. The one thing he could have done better is describing the lesser characters. They don't seem as real at the main characters do. But all in all, this book is one of my favorites. I plan to read the sequel, and there is defiantly room for a sequel and series for this story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book, Nov 7 2003
This book was great and Chris is an amazing author. I'm hoping it becomes a series.
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