![]() ![]() Like its predecessor, there might be elements of portal fantasy and mystery here, but Black House is unequivocally and firmly planted in the horror genre. And this book is absolutely a horror novel. This creates an interesting dichotomy with the darker, more horroresque elements of the novel. To me, it’s reminiscent of Dickens with charming, gentle directions of “let us look here” and “this is our destination” and so on. ![]() I love the narrator’s voice in this book. ![]() “I must not be so bad if I have a friend like that.” Because Black House was everything I should have expected: scary, moving, and vital to the Dark Tower. Maybe I was thinking about a different book. Can I actually pinpoint any of said comments? Nope. While I really enjoyed The Talisman, the first novel in this duology, I feel like I’ve heard a good bit of negative commentary about this particular book in the past. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straubįor some reason, I wasn’t expecting much from Black House. ![]()
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