Customer Reviews
Poor Follow-up to Dark Hollow - By: Captain EO, 30 Nov 2008 
Having thoroughly enjoyed my first Brian Keene novel "Dark Hollow" I was looking forward to read what came next & I thought the whole Hallowe'en Haunted Attraction plot would make for a fun book but it turned out to be a wasted opportunity.
Firstly, the book just never really gets going. There's too many repeat-occurences whereby evil consumes it's victimsin the same manner & the "climax" takes no more than a few pages & it's all over. Keene has a tiresome knack of ensuring that each & every character he writes about has a "deep, dark secret", even two young kidsin this book have thir own demons & by the time I'd got to that point I'd realised that turning the original novel into a series was a bad move. Some books & indeed movies lend themselves to a sequel, some don't. I guess the knack is knowing when to go for it or not butin this case the residents of LeHorn's Hollow should have been left to restin peace.
Not the worst horror novel I've ever read but don't be fooled by anyone telling you that Brian Keene is the next Stephen King, Richard Laymon, etc.
Keene Can Do Better - By: B. D. Wilson, 29 Sep 2008 
"Ghost Walk" contains all of Brian Keene's signature witty prose & dialogue, memorable everyman characters & breakneck pacing. But it does not have the depth or the true quality to match it up to his other works.
Ghost Walk has the feel of a book written on a whim, as if one of Keene's fans had requested a sequel to "Dark Hollow" & he decided to knock one out quickly while he was working on other things. The premise is barely enough to sustain a full novel, & indeed, the book is only 275 pages long, which means it is barely long enough to even be called a novel.
On the plus side, it does introduce us to more of Keene's Labyrinth mythos - although it's not much more than we'd seen already.
Allin all, though, this is not Keene at his best. As I have already said, this is largely because of the impression I get that he didn't really have his heart fullyin it from the beginning.
I'm hoping, then, that whatever else was occupying his attention was a lot better, & a lot more representative of his real talents.
Back to the Hollow - By: Rinoa Cameron, 22 Sep 2008 
This book serves as a follow up to Keene's Dark Hollow (which although not essential, it's probably best to read that first).
I thought the idea was a good one, & I loved the way Keene tiedin previous characters from his other novels (it makes following his works all the more interesting).
The plot is a little slow, but I still read the book fast, & did not get bored. Allin all, it's a great read, though I think it might have been better if the events of Dark Hollow were less exposed. I know it's important for a novel to be able to stand alone, but I found myself skipping chunks to avoid re-reading the original plot.
Allin all, good stuff from Keene. Thumbs up.
Deeper into the Labyrinth - By: Smokey, 10 Sep 2008 OK. Well if your a Keene fan you'll probably already know this is a kinda follow up to Dark Hollow. If you not a fan it can be read as a stand alone but I'd recommend picking Dark Hollow up first anyway.
I though this book was great. I finished itin two days & for all you Keene fans you who haven't read it it has a lot of the Labyrinth mythosin it. There is also a few charctors that pop up from previous books & a bit of further info on what happened to a few charactors so your gona love it.
I would have gave this book five stars & if you love Keene you probably will too. The only reason I gave it 4 was because as a stand alone novel I didn't think it was as good as some of his other work.
Fan or not your gona love it anyway.
