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The Night Country : A Novel
The Night Country A Novel
Author: Stewart O'Nan
A ghost story that begins in everday tragedy, from a distinctly American master of both forms: a "scary, sad, funny . . . mesmerizing read" (Stephen King) — At Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374222154
ISBN-10: 0374222150
Publication Date: 10/10/2003
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The Night Country : A Novel on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I was very impressed by the writing in this book. Having a 16-year-old daughter, and having once been a teenager myself, the author did an amazing job of writing from the perspective of a high school senior. The story is told from the perspectives of two high schoolers - one who surived the car crash, and on who didn't - as well as the police officer who investigated the crash. The officer obviously has some more involvement with either the crash or the 5 kids involved, but you don't know what that is until the end of the book. While I was very immpressed with the writing, the story itself was not one I would normally have been very interested in and I probably wouldn't have finished the book if it weren't the book assigned for my book club this month.
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O'Nan nods to Ray Bradbury in this Halloween tale of death and guilt and recompense, as the victims of a fatal auto crash watch its first anniversary approach, sweeping the survivors into a deadly vortex.
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cookie519 avatar reviewed The Night Country : A Novel on
It was fair. I had to focus to keep my attention to the story. It would be alright if there were nothing else to read.
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Really good story, reminded me of those by Christopher Golden.


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