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Sto caricando le informazioni... Hide and Seek (1984)di Jack Ketchum
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book was pretty good. It is slow moving if you are expecting action and the creepies, but perfectly paced if you want to care about what happens. ( ) Another great Jack Ketchum novel. Four college-age kids hell-bent on escaping their past, present, and future lives engage in increasingly dangerous and foolhardy stunts that culminate in a disastrous game of… Hide and Seek. The first half of Hide and Seek spends the majority of its time establishing the backgrounds and personalities of its four main characters, and the complexity of these people and their relationship would easily stand on their own as a gripping novel about love, loss, and human connections. But Ketchum’s horrific third-act twist feels like a natural progression despite the far-fetched nature and origin of the novel’s climactic antagonists. Special kudos to his handling of the novel’s narrator, whose occasional lapses into poetic contemplation should feel forced or out of place, but somehow ring true to the narrator’s voice. Ketchum’s novels are never just about the horror; every story he tells is rooted in the human experience, and this book is no different. Perhaps you could call it ‘Compassionate Post-Splatterpunk’? The horror elements of the book will surely scare and entertain, but the human drama that unfolds in the foreground will touch you just as deep. „Sie hat mir von Anfang an Angst gemacht.“ Dan Thomas lebt seit seiner Kindheit in Dead River. Wie der Name schon sagt ist in dem Örtchen nicht besonders viel los. Doch der Sommer soll Dans Leben verändern. Er lernt Case, Steven und Kim kennen. Case ist verrückt nach Abenteuern und Nervenkitzel. Dieser treibt die Freunde eines Nachts in ein verlassenes Haus an der Küste. Dort wollen sie ein altes Kinderspiel spielen: Verstecken. Doch um das alte Haus ranken sich Legenden. Wie nah diese an der eigentlichen Wahrheit liegen, müssen die Jugendlichen am eigenen Leib spüren… Auf 242 Seiten packt Jack Ketchum ein kurze, aber mitreißende Geschichte. Dabei geht es weniger um den Grusel- bzw. Horrorfaktor, sondern Ketchum besinnt sich hier auf die zwischenmenschliche Ebene. Case scheint ein Problem zu haben und Dan ist in seiner Lethargie gefangen. Er bietet ihr ein Ohr zum Zuhören, sie treibt ihn an. Wie auch dem Anhang zu diesem Buch zu entnehmen ist, verarbeitet Ketchum hier einen Teil seiner eigenen Vergangenheit. Diese Geschichte spiegelt seine Beziehung zu einem Mädchen wieder, die sich eher schwierig gestaltete. Durch diesen Einblick in das Leben des Autors ist es dem Leser möglich, näher an der Geschichte zu sein, sie zu verstehen. Es macht die Charaktere teilweise verständlicher, auch wenn sie aus ihrer im Buch beschriebenen Handlungsweise heraus eindeutig und nachvollziehbar skizziert sind. Sie liest sich gut, Ketchums kleine Vergangenheit, auch wenn die Geschichte stark an Laymons DIE FAMILIE erinnert. (1984 wurde die Geschichte von Ketchum veröffentlicht, erst 1988 von Laymon, ergo erinnert Laymons Geschichte an Ketchums VERSTECKT). Doch beide Autoren widmen sich diesem Thema auf unterschiedliche Weise. Ketchum ist dabei sehr persönlich. Wobei dies bei dem Autor keine Seltenheit ist. Schon in Evil oder auch Blutrot, nur um einige Beispiele zu nennen, ist es der starke emotionale Aspekt, der die Figuren antreibt. Ketchum schafft es, mit seinen Büchern zu begeistern. Sei es mit dem Ekelfaktor (Beutegier) oder den Emotionen. There are some authors which when reading their work, I usually burn through it at a record pace. These are novels which I yearn desperately to find out what happens next, I'm eager to spend more time with the characters and at the same time I dread the ending because that means my experience with them will be over. Obviously I'm saying this now because Ketchum is on that list; and in case you are curious, others include Andrew Vachss, Joe Lansdale, and Richard Laymon. I started and finished HIDE AND SEEK within 24 hours. It wouldn't let me not read it. At the heart of the story is the love between small town local Dan Thomas and visiting out of towner Casy White. The readers get to enjoy their relationship in a way that should remind you of your own past loves. At the same time though, not everyone has an easy life when they are young and Casey is enough here to be glad that despite envying young love, it's good to know that she's a character in a book. Anyway, while the first half of the novel establishes characters and relationships, it also lays all the groundwork and chills for the second half: for the game of hide and seek. The game is what has to happen and we know it's what we've been waiting for. I won't spoil anything but if I couldn't put the book down during the first half when "nothing was happening", imagine what I was like when the shit was hitting fan. Don't take my word for it though; pick the book up and find out for yourself. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Hide and Seek is a book about games. Reckless, dangerous games. Games you might even want to play yourself if you're with the right people. But shouldn't. Not ever... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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