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Originally posted by Violent Messiah
Really?
I mean...Really ?!?!? :confused:
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Yes, really. Straub's command of language and characterization is definitely in a higher class than King's. His style is very baroque and gothic (in the classic sense) and much less action-oriented than King's, but the payoff is much more satisfying, in my opinion. In
Ghost Story, there are no real heroes, no black and white battle between good and evil. All the characters, even (perhaps especially) the protagonists are deeply flawed, and there is no happy ending. In any case, try it out. Straub's work may not be to your taste, but I thing that everyone should read this book, at the very least.
Oh, and I totally agree about Anne Rice. Wretched hack.