The Devouring
Autor Simon Holten Paperback – 31 mai 2009 – vârsta de la 12 ani
Risking her life and her sanity, Reggie enters a living nightmare to save the people she loves. Can she devour own her fears before they devour her?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316027120
ISBN-10: 031602712X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 031602712X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Notă biografică
Simon
Holt's
writing
career
began
with
a
horror
fanzine
in
high
school,
the
publishing
of
which
overheated
the
school's
photocopier.
Undaunted
by
after-school
detention,
he's
continued
writing
ever
since.
Holt
supported
himself
as
a
hotel
night
clerk
and
a
handbag
salesman
before
becoming
a
full-time
novelist.
A
comic
book
collector
and
amateur
musician,
he
makes
his
home
in
Chicago.
Recenzii
Comparable
to
books
by
R.
L.
Stine
and
Stephen
King,The
Devouringwill
keep
readers
on
the
edge
of
their
seats.
Reggie
is
a
horror
fanatic.
When
she
finds
a
journal
in
a
box
of
used
books
at
the
bookstore
where
she
works,
she
"borrows"
it.
It
tells
of
the
Vours,
black
smokelike
beings
that
possess
humans
who
can't
conquer
their
fear
on
Sorry
Night
(the
eve
of
the
winter
solstice).
Reggie
and
her
friend
Aaron
attempt
to
make
the
Vours
materialize
but
instead
they
possess
her
little
brother.
In
a
fight
to
the
death,
Reggie
joins
the
battle
of
humanity
against
the
Vours.
This
story
contains
classic
elements
of
the
genre:
a
horrific
monster,
fusion
(where
two
different
entities
are
fused
into
one),
and
the
process
of
discovery.
The
book
has
some
graphic
content,
blood,
and
gore,
which
only
add
to
the
chills.
A
must-have
for
horror
fans.—June
H.
Keuhn,
Corning
East
High
School,
NY,School
Library
Journal
"When the dark creeps in and eats the light, / Bury your fears on Sorry Night," begins this creepy tale that reads like A Nightmare on Elm Street with a dollop of demonic possession. Reggie Halloway, a mousy girl and avid horror fan, discovers a strange journal while working at an occult bookstore. Upon investigation, she learns about the Vours, horrific demons who feed on fear and take over the body, morphing its host into a cold, cruel creature. When, as a prank, Reggie and her friend Aaron attempt to summon a Vour, things go horribly awry and a Vour takes over the body of her little brother, Henry. Reggie then must battle the Vours to try to get her brother's soul back into his body. In this introductory volume, cinematic in its scope, Holt borrows conventions from many horror films, including a Stygian carnival complete with killer clowns and dreams in which injuries can manifest themselves in the real world. A scary yarn spun at breakneck speed, perfect for those chilly winter nights.—Kirkus
Reggie is a horror junkie who can't get enough of creepy movies, stories, and books, so she is naturally thrilled to stumble upon a mysterious old journal that describes the Vours, demonic beings that can enter fearful human bodies once a year. Although Reggie initially assumes the journal to be fiction, it quickly becomes clear that her timid younger brother, Henry, has actually been possessed by a Vour. Suddenly, Reggie is faced with a brother who kills his own beloved hamster and threatens her life, but she is certain that the Henry she loves is still there underneath. Although the diary gives few clues about how to actually exorcise demons, Reggie is determined to save her brother, even if it means facing unberable fears of her own. The fear-created world where Henry is stuck is remarkably creepy, built out of the most alarming imaginings of a young boy (murderous clowns, abandoning mothers, grotesquely dying children make up a few of the obstacles through which Reggie must travel to get to her brother). In addition, the intriguing local roots of the Vours, presented mostly through snippets of the desperate journal entries, add a layer of historical depth to this otherwise straightforward, modern novel. Horror fans will likely find the crsip writing, effectively relentless pacing, and haunting concept irresistible.—The Bulletin
"When the dark creeps in and eats the light, / Bury your fears on Sorry Night," begins this creepy tale that reads like A Nightmare on Elm Street with a dollop of demonic possession. Reggie Halloway, a mousy girl and avid horror fan, discovers a strange journal while working at an occult bookstore. Upon investigation, she learns about the Vours, horrific demons who feed on fear and take over the body, morphing its host into a cold, cruel creature. When, as a prank, Reggie and her friend Aaron attempt to summon a Vour, things go horribly awry and a Vour takes over the body of her little brother, Henry. Reggie then must battle the Vours to try to get her brother's soul back into his body. In this introductory volume, cinematic in its scope, Holt borrows conventions from many horror films, including a Stygian carnival complete with killer clowns and dreams in which injuries can manifest themselves in the real world. A scary yarn spun at breakneck speed, perfect for those chilly winter nights.—Kirkus
Reggie is a horror junkie who can't get enough of creepy movies, stories, and books, so she is naturally thrilled to stumble upon a mysterious old journal that describes the Vours, demonic beings that can enter fearful human bodies once a year. Although Reggie initially assumes the journal to be fiction, it quickly becomes clear that her timid younger brother, Henry, has actually been possessed by a Vour. Suddenly, Reggie is faced with a brother who kills his own beloved hamster and threatens her life, but she is certain that the Henry she loves is still there underneath. Although the diary gives few clues about how to actually exorcise demons, Reggie is determined to save her brother, even if it means facing unberable fears of her own. The fear-created world where Henry is stuck is remarkably creepy, built out of the most alarming imaginings of a young boy (murderous clowns, abandoning mothers, grotesquely dying children make up a few of the obstacles through which Reggie must travel to get to her brother). In addition, the intriguing local roots of the Vours, presented mostly through snippets of the desperate journal entries, add a layer of historical depth to this otherwise straightforward, modern novel. Horror fans will likely find the crsip writing, effectively relentless pacing, and haunting concept irresistible.—The Bulletin