The Hollow Places: A Novel
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones.
Pray they are hungry.
Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become.
With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Pray they are hungry.
Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become.
With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
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This was my first read by this author. Certainly not something I commonly reach for. I enjoyed how imaginative this horror was. The world of the Willows is a truly haunting concept. I think my brain wanted to know more about the lore about how the Willow world came to exist and less about the characters in this book. I also didn't really like or identify with the main character, so overall, it was just okay for me. I think the concept was better than the story.
Overall this is not a bad book to read. Was it my favorite? No. Did it make my top 5 for the year? No but I'm happy I read it and got it off my TBR shelf.
Recently divorced, Kara, known as Carrot to her family and friends, returns to her beloved Uncle Earl's Museum of Wonders to live. Think of a smaller Ripley's Believe It or Not Oddities museum. It is her Uncle's pride and joy. With Carrot around to help, Earl finally plans to have the surgeries he has been putting off.
As he heads off to hospital, Carrot is running the museum. She starts a friendship with Simon, the barista at the coffee shop next door. After a tourist knocks a hole in the wall of the second floor of the museum, Carrot asks Simon's help.
As they peer through the hole, Carrot and Simon discover a portal to another world. Long story short they begin to explore these other worlds and come across creatures and weird stuff. They often refer to the first world as like Narnia.
Recently divorced, Kara, known as Carrot to her family and friends, returns to her beloved Uncle Earl's Museum of Wonders to live. Think of a smaller Ripley's Believe It or Not Oddities museum. It is her Uncle's pride and joy. With Carrot around to help, Earl finally plans to have the surgeries he has been putting off.
As he heads off to hospital, Carrot is running the museum. She starts a friendship with Simon, the barista at the coffee shop next door. After a tourist knocks a hole in the wall of the second floor of the museum, Carrot asks Simon's help.
As they peer through the hole, Carrot and Simon discover a portal to another world. Long story short they begin to explore these other worlds and come across creatures and weird stuff. They often refer to the first world as like Narnia.
“Ladies, get you a man who can handle a portal to hell without freaking out.”
I love this author's humour and her ability to make adult fiction as much fun as her YA work is.
This book was a real treat. Its impressively creepy with a quirky sense of humor that prevents the fear from being oppressive. I really enjoyed it!
I absolutely love Carrot and Simons friendship, their interactions and being able to juggle who freaks out and who is calm. They are just a lovable duo as they adventure on in this nightmare world. At first I thought things felt too normal and I knew this was supposed to be horror book but thaaaan that bus scene happened and freaked the hell out of me. Nope. Nope. Nope. As this story went on it kept the creepy factor and I absolutely loved it and feared what came next. I totally called what caused the portal. Things kept happening that seemed too obvious to keep writing about. I'm happy how it turned out and I'm reminded in just how much I love this authors writing.
On a side note I got even more creeped out because the towns in this book are pretty close to home and that added to the spooky factors.
On a side note I got even more creeped out because the towns in this book are pretty close to home and that added to the spooky factors.
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