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Summer of Night

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It's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding places in the woods, the boys' days are marked by all of the secrets and silences of an idyllic childhood. But amid the sun-drenched cornfields, their loyalty will be pitilessly tested. When a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the townsfolk know it marks the end of their carefree days. From the depths of the Old Central School, a hulking fortress tinged with the mahogany scent of coffins, an invisible evil is rising. Strange and horrifying events begin to overtake everyday life, spreading terror through the once-peaceful town. Determined to exorcize this ancient plague, Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin must wage a war of blood - against an arcane abomination who owns the night.... "It stands with the best of King and Straub in the traditional modern horror genre." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Impressive...combines beautiful writing and suspense into a book for which Dan Simmons deserves the bestseller status of King and Koontz." -The Denver Post "One can only wonder what Simmons will do next, now that he's shown us he can do everything the best writers in horror and science fiction can do." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

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3 comments

  • Florance Gaseoma
    •September 22, 2023 at 12:51 am
    The story is honestly pretty decent and has the potential to be an excellent book. However, it would greatly benefit from some trimming by a skilled editor. Spanning over 500 pages (or 22 hours), the story tends to become overly lengthy and meandering at certain points. With the help of a good editor, this could have easily earned a 4 or 5-star rating. As it stands, I've given it 3 stars, although a significant portion of it only merits 2 stars.
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  • Era Quiett
    •September 21, 2023 at 6:36 pm
    To be honest, I stopped listening halfway through the first of the three chapter breaks, so if there were any changes later on, I wouldn't know. Regardless of what was happening in the plot, Simmons fails to evoke any sense of dread or horror, even during the supposed "scary parts". The comparisons to King's Stand By Me or IT are valid and would have been acceptable if it wasn't such a forced attempt to recreate the same atmosphere as those stories. For instance, there was way too much emphasis on a baseball game and the neighborhood kids, attempting to draw out that feeling of camaraderie, which was just painful. That's when I decided to give up. It's disappointing. Even though I feel like I've exhausted all options for horror fiction, I won't be returning to finish this. Even if the story is good, it's still incredibly boring because it just isn't scary. The narration doesn't help either, but it's not entirely the narrator's fault. There's an art to horror that unfortunately many modern writers don't seem to grasp.
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