The plot, like all of Mr. Child’s, is full of twists and turns that genuinely surprise, but are in no way packed with tricks or gimmicks. Like all of Mr. Child’s books, this books teems with research, and details; they say the Devil is in the details, but Mr. Child gives them to us in such a way that I could savor them even as I hurtled on through the pages, wanting to see how this story would end. That is probably the final test on which all thrillers are based, and The Forgotten Room does not disappoint. It is full of chills that are genuinely scary and made more so by their plausibility.
Tons of the plot I have to keep to myself, so that you can savor the surprises the way that I did,but it all works. The mixture of science and the supernatural, making the two shift and morph is one of the techniques that Mr. Child’s utilizes wonderfully in this book, and I kept wanting to stop and research for myself if the things in this book were based on real events, but I could not, because I wanted to get to the end. At the same time I didn’t want it end. When it does end, trust me, it ends with a big, big bang, in more ways than one. So bring on the next Jeremy Logan novel. |
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