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Maybe whoever, or whatever, is running the show isn’t so nice. Maybe he’s evil, or mad, or bored, disinterested. Maybe we’ve got everything completely wrong, everything, and if we could look through the mask, what we’d see would destroy us.
When I first picked up The Fisherman I thought I was beginning a creature feature, or at least a standard horror. What I found was a Lovecraftian inspired cosmic experience.
The story begins with Abe and Dan. Both have experienced a great loss and spend their ...more
When I first picked up The Fisherman I thought I was beginning a creature feature, or at least a standard horror. What I found was a Lovecraftian inspired cosmic experience.
The story begins with Abe and Dan. Both have experienced a great loss and spend their ...more
I did not finish this book.
Before I started this book I heard it dealt with a couple of widowed guys and I recently (less than 3 months ago) lost my husband. He was 41, I had just turned 32 (less than a week before he died) so to be honest I fully prepared to be jealous, assuming it'd be older guys that had had decades with their spouses, but I was wrong. They were young (and i'm aware the jealousy isn't right, it's grief. Grief sucks to put it mildly), one younger than me. It even had a line about that that hit me in the
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I can't put into words how amazing this book is, but trust me it's amazing. Gripping, poignant, fascinating, and terrifying. The fisherman has become a new favorite.
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I really enjoyed this book, it is a must-read. It was the kind of supernatural story I like. It reminded me of The Black Water Saga: The Complete Caskey Family Saga by Michael McDowell which was an awesome read.
The two men in The Fisherman would not have been friends if it were not for their similar circumstances (my opinion). Abe lost his wife to cancer is grieving and as life must go on, he is getting through it. He befriends Dan who has lost his wife and children in an sudden accident. Abe wa ...more
The two men in The Fisherman would not have been friends if it were not for their similar circumstances (my opinion). Abe lost his wife to cancer is grieving and as life must go on, he is getting through it. He befriends Dan who has lost his wife and children in an sudden accident. Abe wa ...more
RIYL: Creepy folktales.
Wasn't quite what I wanted and found myself not feeling that invested in the story.
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