Dmitri Parker's Reviews > Mr. Hands
Mr. Hands (Cedar Hill, #3)
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Interesting story. I could say I quite enjoyed it.
Some things, though, not so much.
On a few occasions I felt that a touch too many settings and Knowing came just out of nowhere and nothing, to become immediately Something. It's OK a couple of times, we all round up or down to keep things neat, but a novel is boundless, so there's no need to save space or cut unnecessary corners. You can just say everything and built taller.
The mythology was quite engaging. With kids even chocolate can be turned into creepy and with children involved everything will turn creepy. It's like an unfair rule, or maybe someone already said it?!
I don't know. But children go well with horror. Which is weird but true.
So it was a good choice to build on the loss of value through the innocent and defenceless.
And I round back to my first impression, there may have been more to say. Not about the deaths and the suffering, but the voices the possibly imaginary guidance from beyond, and other aspects.
But my favourite part is probably the ending. And how the most extraordinary set of events could end up nothing and turning to nothing just by removing the original participants and letting everything get snowed in by the passage of time. I had the same feeling at the end of And The Mountain Echoed.
So much going on to sum up to almost nothing just a generation down the road.
Some things, though, not so much.
On a few occasions I felt that a touch too many settings and Knowing came just out of nowhere and nothing, to become immediately Something. It's OK a couple of times, we all round up or down to keep things neat, but a novel is boundless, so there's no need to save space or cut unnecessary corners. You can just say everything and built taller.
The mythology was quite engaging. With kids even chocolate can be turned into creepy and with children involved everything will turn creepy. It's like an unfair rule, or maybe someone already said it?!
I don't know. But children go well with horror. Which is weird but true.
So it was a good choice to build on the loss of value through the innocent and defenceless.
And I round back to my first impression, there may have been more to say. Not about the deaths and the suffering, but the voices the possibly imaginary guidance from beyond, and other aspects.
But my favourite part is probably the ending. And how the most extraordinary set of events could end up nothing and turning to nothing just by removing the original participants and letting everything get snowed in by the passage of time. I had the same feeling at the end of And The Mountain Echoed.
So much going on to sum up to almost nothing just a generation down the road.
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April 29, 2016
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April 29, 2016
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October 1, 2017
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