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| Original Title: | The Elementals |
| ISBN: | 0380783606 (ISBN13: 9780380783601) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Alabama(United States) |
Michael McDowell
Paperback | Pages: 292 pages Rating: 4.04 | 7802 Users | 1091 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Elementals |
| Author | : | Michael McDowell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 292 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1981 by Avon Books |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Gothic. Fantasy. Paranormal. Audiobook |
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On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is empty...except for the vicious horror which is shaping nightmares from the nothingness that hangs in the dank, fetid air.The McCrays and Savages, two fine Mobile families allied by marriage, have been coming to Beldame for years. This summer, with a terrible funeral behind them and a messy divorce coming up, even Luker McCray and little India down from New York are looking forward to being alone at Beldame.
But they won't be alone. For something there, something they don't like to think about, is thinking about them...and about all the ways to make them die.
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Release Date: June 10th 2014 by Valancourt Books (originally published in 1981) Genre: Horror Actual Rating: 3.5 starsFor the most part, I really enjoyed reading this book. It's creepy, has a dark and foreboding atmosphere, and really encompasses the Southern Gothic horror genre. However, for a book that's slightly over 200 pages it took me an awful long time to read it. I guess it's because the book is very slow burn. Things don't just pop out at you and then race you to the finish line.savage mothers eat their children up!"...still the parrot squawking about my earsin 1981, the paperback costed $2.95, now it costs over $20.95, but that's not what's stir-frying my ass...it's that the golden age of horror novels is really gone and it's long gone, alas...i'd been prepping for not getting ass stir-fried by this great book, but i'm now just being ass stir-fried by it and i'm enjoying it..."the sands is the elementals, the sands is combing for you...
3.5 starsWhen reading this, expect to go between dry humor and subtle creepiness.Unusual characterization makes the book stand out as much as the plot does. Ive never seen a father-daughter relationship like Luker and his daughter India. Its not possible to describe well he hates his ex-wife and she hates her mother, and they dont care either. Im guessing he does what is right and loves his daughter but has much more of a friend than father relationship they swear comfortably in front of each
I don't as a rule read horror books anymore, gore is boring and it's a genre overpopulated with silly plots. I was tempted into listening to this by it's promise of something more literary and subtle in nature, and it didn't disappoint. A highly satisfying mix of dry humour and creepiness, with great characters brought to life by the always superb R C Bray (I developed a real soft spot for Big Barbara, bless her, purely due to his wonderfully sympathetic portrayal). In his hands the atmospheric
Michael McDowell is a hidden treasure from the 1980's. His horror novels are sharp and even humorous. THE ELEMENTALS is a brilliant book of southern gothic writing. I could have sworn I was reading Pat Conroy, but then you also get Stephen King to boot!;) I'm intrigued to try McDowell's acclaimed as well.
4.5/5 Review of this will be up tomorrow!
Reviewed 2014 typo corrected 2018You know...I'd forgotten these books. My wife found this (and I'll say "these" as she went from this book to McDowell's Blackwater series. This isn't part of that series, but I always think of them together as I read it after my wife in her "McDowell Period").My wife was always more the "horror" fan than I was/am and she ended up introducing me to several authors/books I probably would never have tried had she not found them first. During our marriage we would
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