Long Lankin Audiobook

" It was a good book but the was sooo much detail it drained out some satisfaction of the book. "

" Slow start but becomes so creepy that the hairs will stand up on the back of your neck. Beware of Long Lankin who lives in the marsh. "

" Long Lankin is classified as a YA novel. I don't know why, unless it is because the protagonist is an adolescent. The story, although excellent, will be too demanding for many YA readers. Long Lankin is written in the style of a classic folk tale. It has all of the best folk tale elements - a creepy setting, a long ago witch trial gone wrong, a curse, ghosts wandering the cemetery, an evil presence stalking the characters, and a harsh, cold elderly relative hiding a long held family secret. The novel's very slow pace works to build the tension and spookiness, but will probably be too slow for many YA readers. Telling the story from multiple points of view builds suspense as readers learn secrets and predict events before the characters do, but YA readers may be too impatient to pick up on the insight the multiple points of view offer. Long Lankin is set in the years following WWII on a dilapidated estate in the middle of a gloomy marsh away from any cities or city amenities. Cora and her sister Mimi are sent there to live with their reclusive great aunt after their mother is taken away to a hospital, and their father is not able to care them. Keenly observant Cora immediately picks up on the unspoken facts that her father is not happy about this plan, Great Aunt Ida not only does not want them, she seems terrified and furious to have them, and most of the town locals are concerned about their well-being. Cora also figures out quickly that Ida's explanations for why the house is kept locked up like a vault and why the girls are not allowed to explore the estate, are lies. With the help of neighbor and new friend Roger, Cora sets out to solve the mysteries of her mother's family and the downfall of the family's Guerdon Hall estate. Readers who make it to the last 1/3rd of the novel will be rewarded with a frightening, nail biting crisis and climax. "

" Genuinely creepy and based on a old ballad; however, I felt that the plotting fell apart towards the end of the book, and that the pacing was a bit off. (Nothing happens and then too much happens.) "

" This book could have been shortened in length. I like the mini-chapters broken down by the character voices. The development was too slow. It was like watching a 90 minutes movie and waiting for the 75th minute of the film to actually see the real character and action of the novel. "

" Good and scary it drug a little but the characters you get to know well. "

" Fantastically scary! don't read on a lonely dark night! "

" One of the creepiest books I have read in a long time. Very well done. This story will definitely make you beware of the things that go bump in the night. Or the day. "

" Got an ARC of this from a friend. Loved it! A little bit too much head-hopping, maybe, but the story was beautifully told and so very creepy. "

" Could not get beyond the third chapter "

" Long Lankin is classic, gothic horror. "