I started reading Peter Straub's Ghost Story. It's supposed to be very good. In enjoyed Shadow Lands very much. However Ghost Story begins with a child molester kidnapping a child. I don't like stuff like that. Other than a reminder of what evil exists in the world, and to be careful, I don't like horrible things. Perhaps for that reason, I don't have much time for Horror books or movies. I read Brian Keene's Darkness on the Edge of Town. It was well-written, but rather than fix the horrors, it has a cop out ending without hope. All horror, very little hope, no final relief. Bah.
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