There's a ton of praying, judging and converting - and it's very repetitious.
So the Druid stuff, the townspeople and their creepy cave would have been enough for me.īut in the beginning there's an influx of pestilential American evangelicals led by an unhinged and obnoxious preacher and really what they were doing there I still don't get (beyond a plot device). The Druid stuff is inherently scary to me every time I encounter them it's in horror. "The Hungry Moon" is about a very isolated town in the English countryside with a cave on the moors that has Something in it that ties into old Druid customs. It could have made a fine novella or long short story. But it's got too many characters, elements, and repetition and so collapses under its own dead weight. There's a very scary Thing in a cave and other scary Things come out of it and run around the scary moors. I bought it after reading a review from GR's Master of Horror so my expectations were high but they dropped quickly like a stone down a cave and kept dropping the more I read. But Ethan made it fun and he's given me permission to use two quotes I enjoyed from his status updates so thanks, Ethan, well said and I'm sure your review is better than mine :) Ethan's been a joy to do it with but it's better to just read what I read and not have to worry about pacing, which was an issue both times, the first time me being way ahead and this time way behind. It's my first buddy read and second and final attempt. This was a buddy read with my GR friend Ethan. That's it?" Overall a fun read and my first Ramsey Campbell book to boot. My rating is probably around a 3.8 or so and might have been a little higher but the ending was a little bit rushed and means with which the lead character vanquished the demon left me saying, "Really. It also had a totally 80's vibe to it that helped me stay in the story because there weren't any cell phones, computers, or other ways to communicate other than some land lines when the town was all but cut off from the rest of the world.
This was a slow burner for me but had a steadily increasing sense of dread that picked up a lot of steam at around the 70% mark. This book hit that spot for me and while there was a monster from beyond the stars directing things sort of behind the scenes, the scariest monsters in the book were the ones that the protagonists knew and had lived next door to, even shared meals with. I have also studied a little about mob mentality and how logic and reasoning go out the window when that takes over. Whenever I hear or read about some group of religious nuts that believe this or are doing that and I tell myself that people can't really believe in shit like that I have to remind myself that Jim Jones got people to willingly drink cyanide and even give it to their children and of people like David Koresh who get other people to do the craziest shit in the name of some religion or another. And if you need some additional help in Manhattan Chinatown, Welcome to Chinatown has an impressive directory.Religious zealotry scares the crap out of me. Here are some restaurants doing some exciting Lunar New Year happenings this year, as well as classic standbys always worth paying a visit.Īnd for more inspiration on where to dine in Chinatown all year-round, we’ve got you covered, too: From Flushing in Queens and Sunset Park in Brooklyn to Manhattan Chinatown. Lunar New Year is celebrated in Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia, and beyond, too, after all. So, consider the two-week span from late January to early February as your designated time to eat your way through Chinatown’s numerous family-owned restaurants, as well as many other incredible spots throughout the city. With auspicious foods and superstitions galore, it’s a wonderful time to be around a table with loved ones. Lunar New Year is one of the Asian community’s most important holidays: a two-week-long celebration known as the Spring Festival. 22 to be exact - we’ll be commemorating the start of the Lunar New Year, specifically the Year of the Rabbit (or the Cat, in Vietnam). While we’ve just celebrated the start of 2023, in just a few weeks - on Sunday, Jan.
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