Hi Jezabel
You have an interesting name. Thanks for your comments on my review of ‘The Invisible Worm’ and if you are going to rea it , then you have a treat in store.
Stephen King has written such a lot and been the leader in his field of horror. Books or short stories he certainly knows how to scare. I’m a fan of his work too.
Eileen O’Conor has written a noveland set it in a period not dated by what was in the news,that sort of stuff. And still the chill sets in because it is something that could happen. Reading this book is like peeling an onion; after a while both will make us wipe away a tear from our eyes.
I’ve heard from the publishers( I spoke to them on the phone) that there might be a radio play made of th book. They said to watch out for it. And I shall.
Anything I can help you with, a read , a review, that sort of thing.
best
Cleveland
Journalism / Review of The Invisible Worm
I’m a writer who loves to read all kinds of books, and ‘The Invisible Worm’ goes straight to the No 1 position at top of my pile.
Three pages in and I was ‘hooked’, stunned by events happening in an ordinary community. I could relate to it all. But there was more. Away flew the intrigue leaving, in stark contrast, those twists and turns of a diseased mind exposed. I now shared the thoughts of a sweetly- sick killer driven towards a goal, a victim. I knew who it was and cringed waiting for that fateful moment to arrive. And it did. Pure drama at its best. Now I can’t help but watch people. I stare at their faces. I read the papers full of unsolved murders and wonder. Something resonated within me and when I spoke to another reader of the ‘Invisible Worm’,on the phone, she shared her first impressions, her fearful thoughts too .Both of us learned from the book.
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It didn’t take me long to make up my mind about the authoress Eileen O’Conor. There is no doubt about her being gifted and, I smile, a ruthless woman, with words that is. With carefully selected ones she held my attention, letting the plot unfold . Here is the art of the dramatic narrative at its best. It is difficult to place a finger on what makes this book so good. I suggest it is because Eileen O’Conor writes a story that grips. She is ruthless in throwing away words. Only the correct ones will do to propel the plot forward. No hanging around, no distraction, nothing mentioned to fill in a few lines here and there. Everything has an urgency about it that takes me into a world that makes me feel uneasy. It is natural. Surreal. But the book concerns people, people we know and can relate to, but beware when they smile, oh beware of lots of things. “Oh, Rose.”
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In the book my favourite character is Fred. Solid Fred. I’m there with him in his thoughts as he gets involved. It’s that kind of book and I’m with him at the ending. He suspects a ‘worm’ and how right he is, but what an awful conclusion to the book. It lingers. Haunts. I’m keeping off the storyline. This is one book where ‘spoilers’ I feel ought to be shot. Read the book and then when the last page is turned experience the emotions washing over you. You’ll want to tell somebody. The book is that good.
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In order to write an effective book review, you need some overview of the basic plot without giving too much away. It’s good to stay away from spoilers, but the reader needs something to go on besides vague descriptions of how the book made you feel. I couldn’t even tell from your review if the book was fiction or non-fiction.
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“But there was more.” – not a complete sentence, makes for middle school journalism
“Here is the art of the dramatic narrative at its best.”
The sentences are often incomplete and unrefined – the whole lot of it makes for hard reading.
As a fanatic of Stephen King and a writer for a serial killer mag this review has totally sucked me in. Never read anything by the woman, but I think I’ll go grab this book now. I am really curious and glad to know you are a reviewer who does not spoil only makes me want to read the book really bad. Awesome job, you should be doing this professionally.
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