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Come Closer
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Sometimes A Door To A Bigger Life Opens
and It's Not Easy To Say No...
COME CLOSER
by Sara Gran
No spoilers. 5 stars. Amanda and Ed, a successful couple, live in an old warehouse, which they converted into a loft style apartment...
They are happy with their life, careers, and home... although home is amid an isolated industrial area and is patrolled by stray dogs...
One of the dogs...
A German shepherd, meets Amanda every evening at her train stop and follows her home, and she rewards him with a treat...
Amanda unofficially adopts the dog, although he isn't allowed in their home due to Ed's allergies...
Later on, the dog is the first to notice she's not herself...
Mysterious tapping in the apartment began in January and continued all winter long, but would stop if Amanda went out of town on business...
Other strange things began happening in the house, and the couple quarreled regularly...
Amanda dreams at night of a woman with pointy teeth who takes Amanda to a red beach with red sand and red water...
Her name is Naamah...
She asks Amanda: Can you see me? Naamah tells Amanda: I love you, and I will never, never leave you...
About this time...
Inner voices began suggesting that Amanda do things that she shouldn't and normally wouldn't do...
Like smoking...
She had quit years ago...
The tapping, fighting, smoking, and the dreams she hadn't linked together until the mistake...
The mistake was a book on demon possession arriving in the mail for her instead of the architecture book she had ordered...
Naamah told her: Don't fight me. I will never leave you. Nothing can get me out...
Amanda never heard the tapping again from that point on, and the dog no longer recognized her when she offered him his usual treat...
He bit her...
What we think is impossible happens all the time, and sometimes the door to a bigger life opens, and it isn't always easy to say no...
This short novel was an addictive story about demon possession. More subtle in its unfolding than the over-the-top bestseller THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty, the effect was the same if not more chilling for its stealth.
I was fascinated by the references to Naamah and Lilith and their relation to the Kabbalah and the Freemasons.
and It's Not Easy To Say No...
COME CLOSER
by Sara Gran
No spoilers. 5 stars. Amanda and Ed, a successful couple, live in an old warehouse, which they converted into a loft style apartment...
They are happy with their life, careers, and home... although home is amid an isolated industrial area and is patrolled by stray dogs...
One of the dogs...
A German shepherd, meets Amanda every evening at her train stop and follows her home, and she rewards him with a treat...
Amanda unofficially adopts the dog, although he isn't allowed in their home due to Ed's allergies...
Later on, the dog is the first to notice she's not herself...
Mysterious tapping in the apartment began in January and continued all winter long, but would stop if Amanda went out of town on business...
Other strange things began happening in the house, and the couple quarreled regularly...
Amanda dreams at night of a woman with pointy teeth who takes Amanda to a red beach with red sand and red water...
Her name is Naamah...
She asks Amanda: Can you see me? Naamah tells Amanda: I love you, and I will never, never leave you...
About this time...
Inner voices began suggesting that Amanda do things that she shouldn't and normally wouldn't do...
Like smoking...
She had quit years ago...
The tapping, fighting, smoking, and the dreams she hadn't linked together until the mistake...
The mistake was a book on demon possession arriving in the mail for her instead of the architecture book she had ordered...
Naamah told her: Don't fight me. I will never leave you. Nothing can get me out...
Amanda never heard the tapping again from that point on, and the dog no longer recognized her when she offered him his usual treat...
He bit her...
What we think is impossible happens all the time, and sometimes the door to a bigger life opens, and it isn't always easy to say no...
This short novel was an addictive story about demon possession. More subtle in its unfolding than the over-the-top bestseller THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty, the effect was the same if not more chilling for its stealth.
I was fascinated by the references to Naamah and Lilith and their relation to the Kabbalah and the Freemasons.
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January 16, 2021
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February 6, 2021
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general-horror
February 6, 2021
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Sep 22, 2024 05:00PM
You sure liked this much more than I did. I found it okay. Great review nevertheless.
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The digital aether seems to have misplaced my review on this. I did enjoy her "The Book of the Most Precious Substance" though.
Thank you, Khalid, I'll have to look up that book. 😊
I loved this one too!
Melinda, yes I was quite surprised at how good this book was! 😊
This sounds amazing!
Great review Vicki. Oh no, not the Freemasons!!
I just bought this one a few months ago. Great review Vicki and more excited to check this out!
Daniel, this book is only 200 pages, but it was amazingly good. It's strange how a book lands differently with readers. One comment on my review said that the reader found the story "okay," but I like stealthy, not-in-your-face horror, so it worked for me. BTW, I'm looking forward to your newest book out in December. 😊
Yikes! Carol, it did mention the Freemasons, but it was only a mention. That is the kind of nugget of information that sends me to Google to research. 😊
Thank you, Ginger! I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. If I had made this book my Halloween read, I would not have been disappointed. It's just the right length and chilling! 🎃
Vicki wrote: "Daniel, this book is only 200 pages, but it was amazingly good. It's strange how a book lands differently with readers. One comment on my review said that the reader found the story "okay," but I l..."Hi Vicki, I will 100% be checking this one out. It sounds like something I will love! My next story is a short one I have been putting off for a while. I need to exorcise it from my soul before switching fire to my (planned) first novel next year!
Daniel, I would be surprised if you didn't like COME CLOSER. Sara Gran's writing style is similar to your storytelling. I'm looking forward to the release of your short story and especially the novel! I wish you much success with both.😊
