Stephanie S. reviewed on 7/12/2014 + 168 more book reviews

I am thoroughly surprised how much I enjoyed this book. I virtually never read "horror"--so imagine my shock at not being able to put this one down.

Eleanor Druse is an energetic 75-year-old spiratualist with psychic abilities. Following a friend's suicide attempt, Eleanor pays a visit to Kingdom Hospital in Maine .... where she has a startling vision that causes her to faint into a deathly seizure. Eleanor is then admitted into the hospital as a patient....and odd and sinister events ensue. There are mad doctors and mysterious earthquakes and partial (perhaps repressed?) memories that make Eleanor determined to find out: Is the hospital haunted? Or is she herself simply becoming addled senior citizen?

I will add this book is possibly (probably) written by Stephen King, which makes me even more surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. King's writing is usually too wordy for me, and I have struggled in the past to get though one or two of his enormous 3-inch-thick tomes. This book, however, came in at a scant 244 pages, and perhaps that had a lot to do with my enjoyment. No matter though; it was a page-turner for me!

**** Four stars!

Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details