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The Hollowing
N.D. Hansen-Hill
Cerridwen Press Publishing
April 2008
ISBN#: 9781419916465
Fantasy
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Synopsis:
Shawn Walsh's problems don't arise from his own troubled past but from
someone else's. Fires, floods, battles, bone-rattling quakes — he's
frequently an unwilling and horrified participant in events long gone. For
when The Hollowing claims him, his present dissolves.
Unfortunately, his problems have everything to do with family and his rather
questionable heritage — with a birthright he'd rather know nothing about.
Lost and tossed about by destiny, trapped and extorted by those long
deceased, he's tired of playing a victim.
And he refuses to give up hope. There is still a chance he'll be able to
resolve his issues without dying, given the right place… And enough time.
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SRR GRADE: C
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Down on his luck, Shawn Walsh finds himself seeing
ghosts, though he's not just seeing them, he's experiencing the cause of
their death, a tragic fire at the Majestic Theater, now the site of Majestic
Mill. Shawn soon finds out that he's not just seeing visions, he's visiting
the past.
While the concept of time travel is interesting and much of the foundation
of The Hollowing is captivating, Ms. Hansen-Hill at times lets her
characters personalities slip into something else with no real motivation.
Some of the conclusions made by Shawn and the others are far fetched and not
based on anything presented within the pages of the story. She often
switches point of view mid scene, jarring the reader from the scene to
wonder whose thoughts we are reading. Despite this, Ms. Hansen-Hill, still
managed to keep me reading, trying to find out where Shawn would end up
next. His "landings" in other times are often highly amusing, involving more
often than not a body of water.
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| ~Reviewed by
Tonie |
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