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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Enjoyed this book but annoyed by the ending? Too much of a cliff hanger. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Very strange. Not my genre but a good read.Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. This was a really good book. It got me excited towards the end and that's where the problem lies. It got me excited towards THE END. It was dragging. Most of the time I stop reading because it made me so sleepy. The author has a lot of repetitions. I did not read the 1st book in the series but based on the this one I got a fair idea what happened because it was on repeat. She takes her time with story-telling. This book has a lot of promise but maybe she can be more concise and less dizzying. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. I was very excited to read this book. The characters were very engaging. As a college student, I MADE time to read this book.
A lot of reviews have been posted so I am not going to go into the plot so much, as it would just be repeating what is above.... It is nice to see a fantasy-horror? book which draws upon an aspect of history that is not often portrayed due to its oral rendition. The Aboriginal mythology presented in the story, made me interested to explore the history further, so it was a little disapointing that the author had not listed her source material at the end of the book. The hauntings in this novel, and the mainfestion of the demons felt very lovecraftain, not that this is a bad thing. Perry has a great talent for suspense writing and the style oozes through the book delightfully. However, outside of the suspense parts, some of the writing feels a little overly descriptive-maybe it just wasn't a style I got on with--my feelings are mixed. I felt the 50s parts read a little better than the modern sections. Like others I did not realise this book was part of another series, in fact, I barely noticed at all...not quite sure that the cover reflects the aspect of the story? Overall, a good read Pertenece a las seriesWandjina Quartet (book 2)
A spell gone wrong in a Queensland burial cave accidentally bonds a Quinkan, a shadow demon from the Australian Dreamtime, to a wicked mixed-blood shaman named Cadjer Harrow. Through his carelessness, the half-aboriginal conjure man has unwittingly cursed his entire family for centuries to come, and now there will be hell to pay. Treating the Quinkan as a familiar, when the shaman tugs on the demon’s spirit cord the shapeshifter must follow, even if it means dropping a gutted meal in mid-swallow. Glued to the shaman’s bloodline, the bloodthirsty Quinkan haunts its generations in maliciously inventive ways while seeking release from its black magic bondage. Young Ned spends his childhood in the north Florida swamps with his mother, a snake-handling root doctor. Unfortunately for Ned, his innate magic is much more powerful than his mother’s, leading to her death in a wall of flame. But as Ned is to discover, fleeing his heritage is one thing he will never be allowed to do. The rest of his life will be spent trying to undo the curse holding him and his bloodline hostage. Alice Waterston, arts curator for a private North Florida museum specializing in global native cultures, knows all about Dreamtime legends. But when the Quinkan of legend suddenly confronts her in the waking world, Alice begins to question her sanity. The suspicious death of her uncle and the secrets surrounding her father’s disappearance in the Outback lead her to unearth some very disturbing local history involving a certain Rev. Harrow. Alice begins to see connections she can’t ignore, but is horrified to face. As Alice and her psychic daughter Margaret uncover more clues leading back to the origin of the curse, the furious demon gives them an ultimatum – find a way to break the centuries-old spell or die!"Anne Petty's Wandjina's fantasies feature some marvelously drawn characters from modern Florida in collision with the world of Australian aboriginal dreamtime, via a collection of art and family mysteries. Readers of contemporary fantasy and horror will find an interesting freshness in these compelling tales." —Tolkien scholar and modern fantasy literary critic Douglas Anderson, The Annotated Hobbit; Tales Before Tolkien; Tales Before Narnia"Petty delivers again. In Shaman's Blood, the followup novel to Thin Line Between, Petty picks up where she left off with an engaging and suspenseful tale. This sequel furthers a storyline with vivid characters and descriptive settings. Petty has proven to be a major player in the horror/suspense genre." —Horror writer & Bram Stoker nominee Daniel N. Shields, Seasons, Switching Channels No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The story is told half in the past and half in the present. It explains how Alice and her teenage daughter Margaret became haunted by evil Australian spirits. Alice's father, Ned, whom she never met, is part of a long line of shamans. Somewhere back in the family, a wrong was done to the Dingo clan and as a result Ned's family line is cursed and pursued by avenging monsters. Only when a stolen artifact is returned will Alice and her daughter be able to get on with their lives.
This is the second book in a series, so there were a lot of things I didn't understand and a lot of things that didn't get wrapped up. Even taking that into consideration, I just didn't enjoy this book. The writing was alright but the characters were flat and the plotting was overly scripted and sometimes abrupt. More than that, nothing really happens in this book. We learn about Ned's life and (eventually) about how he became cursed and what he must do. Meanwhile we learn about Alice and her search to uncover the truth about her family. But no action is taken and no progress is made. The curse has yet to be broken and all this book does is set up the final book.
Also, I felt like Ned's story line just dragged and dragged. It could have all been summed up in a few pages but instead it probably took upwards of a hundred or more. It just seemed extremely futile and unsatisfying.
In the end, reading this book did not make me want to read either the first book or the next books in the series. ( )