BR: Phantom (Thomas Tessier)

Amazon Link: Phantom
Author's website/blog: Thomas Tessier

I read this novel (finished it at least) in April. It's now July as I back-date these entries, and I can't recall my exact reaction to this novel, except that the authors imagery and ability to make me feel the young protagonists terror, was incredible. The novel switched POV, a technique that is often poorly mastered. Tessier had no such problems, and though the point of view shifted within chapters, within scenes, I had no trouble discerning between the characters because each one was a unique identity.

I doubt I shall forget in a hurry the abandoned spa-house where Ned goes to face the monster. He finds spiders. Lots of spiders. Webs so dense that they seem to have a life of their own. I'm not doing the author any justice at all in this, but some time has elapsed and I'm writing this while yawning and thinking I really must go to bed.

Just to finish up. I found this novel while looking through a second hand bookstore for another novel by the same author. Tessier is considered by some to be a master at horror writing. After reading this novel, I can understand why.