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Supernatural: Nevermore by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Keith R.A. DeCandido Edition: Mass Market Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2007-08-01 ISBN: 0061370908 Number of pages: 336 Publisher: HarperEntertainment Product features:
Book Reviews of Supernatural: NevermoreBook Review: Leave your high expectations roadside and enjoy the ride! Summary: 4 StarsSupernatural: Nevermore is my first foray into the world of the Supernatural tie-in novels. I have to say, I'm mighty pleased with the book. In my opinion, the author really nailed the voices and characterizations of Sam and Dean. Throughout the book, the dialogue and rapport between the two were so vivid, I could actually visualize Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki acting the scenes out. And while the storyline wasn't as action-packed as one of the t.v. episodes, it had enough to keep the pace going. For the most part, as I read the book, it played in my mind as though it were a lost episode of the show...maybe not one of the better episodes, but I could still see it. The nice addition was that we were able to see the action from the perspective of the other characters, including a ghost, something which the time constraints of a television show doesn't allow. The other nice touch was when the author gave a tip of his hat to Jim Butcher's Dresden Files with his mention of a female cop named Murphy, in Chicago, who happens to be part of the inner circle in on the secret world of the paranormal. And I loved the little dig about CSI and how there were better things to watch on Thursday nights. Not that I don't like CSI, but it still made me chuckle.
The biggest downfall on the author's part is his tendency to over-describe. For example, (and I quote) 'Dean pulled the gearshift down to R and said, "Let's move out." He backed out of the parking spot, then brought it down to D and sent them out onto the open road.' Wow. Do I really need to have the procedure for pulling out of a motel parking lot described in such detail? No. All he needed to do was write, '"Let's move out," Dean said, as he maneuvered the car out of the parking lot and sent them out onto the open road.' From 33 words down to 23. I'm sorry, but unless the detail so lovingly overemphasized has a bearing on the upcoming scene/action or drives the story along, which in 99.99% of this book it doesn't, then it's totally unnecessary. Detail isn't action, action is action.
However, when all is said and done, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and am looking forward to reading more.
Summary of Supernatural: Nevermore Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it. Sam and Dean have hit New York City to check out a local rocker's haunted house. But before they can figure out why a lovesick banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt is wailing in the bedroom, a far more macabre crime catches their attention. Not far from the house, two university students were beaten to death by a strange assailant. A murder that's bizarre even by New York City standards, it's the latest in a line of killings that the brothers soon suspect are based on the creepy stories of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. Their investigation leads them to the center of one of Poe's horror classics, face-to-face with their most terrifying foe yet. And if Sam and Dean don't rewrite the ending of this chilling tale, a grisly serial killer will end their lives forevermore.
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