Shadowland Audiobook

" This is one of the best dark magic novels I've ever read. Perfect combination of horror and fantasy. It made me put Grimm's Fairy Tales on the reread pile, too. "

" The story is very disjointed. The protagonists are weak, whiny, and boring. The book is broken up into two parts that each take place in seperate universes. The first half of the book is all character development and backstory that seems like it should have a lot to do with the second half...but it doesn't. As far as this being a horror story, I found one 2-5 page part creepy. The rest was slow, boring, and seemingly unorganized. It is not the worst horror novel I've read, but certainly not the best. "

" Found this book really hard to get into but stuck with it and it scared the bejeezus out of me "

" Unfortunately I was hoping to like this book. However, like the other Straub books I couldn't get into it "

" I've enjoyed other Straub books, but gave up after 100 pages on this one, couldn't even discern what the main story plot was and didn't get at all interested in the characters. "

" I love this book and have read it many times. I really like the idea of real magic. "

" I first read this book when it was published, and it scared the crap out of me then, and still does today. This is probably one of the creepiest books I've read, and I still have aspects of it show up in my rare nightmares. "

" As another reviewer noted, I was glad when this book ended. It had some good parts but I just didn't enjoy it. It might be an okay read for someone in their early teens but it would fall desperately low on my list of recommendations. "

" Read this book after Ghost Story, which I found very spine tingling but the events in this tale just seemed a little overdone---like how much horror can the bad guy inflict on a teenage boy!! "

" Passing good story. It is slow to get going and the narrative framing is a little annoying. Clearly not Straub's best. Perhaps he will never reach the heights he did in Ghost Story. "

" I lost myself in this book. I think you will too. Holy crap, its so bad ass. :o) "

" Wel heel vaag op zijn tijd. "

" It started out really good,but deteriorated as it went. "

" Not as good as I had hoped after reading Mystery and The Throat. But entertaining enough if you're in the mood for a solidly written horror novel. "

" All I can say is it's definitely easy to see where alot of the nonsense babble came from in The Talisman. I enjoyed this book regardless. It was a little slow but very engaging. "

" Eh, could've been better. Another William lent to me. I think King works better with the teenage boy horror/drama. Straub's got some very strange pacing issues and his images leave me feeling like I just got clobbered in the head, but it was okay. "

" A new author for me. "

" There is something utterly terrifying to me about the villian of this book. I have certainly read scarier books in my time, but few have stayed with me as long as this one. "

" Peter Straub always provides a fun read, and this was no different. If you enjoy his buddy Stephen King, you'll enjoy Straub's work. "

" To this day I have not read a book that put me on edge the way Shadowland did. I read it when I was 15, and I can still remember clearly the creepy feeling it gave. "

" read it in ninth grade and loved it for years.... "