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Poor conclusion to an otherwise great urban horror trilogy It is going to be hard for me to review and recommend this third instalment of what has become known as The Concrete Grove “urban horror” trilogy, especially as I generously awarded the previous two books (The Concrete Grove and Silent Voices) 5 stars, but I just did not enjoy this conclusion. Perhaps I could not take any more of the squalor and urban decay that Gary McMahon describes so vividly “The Concrete Grove was a joyless estate.
This is the third part of a trilogy so I will do the justice I can for this review. As a stand alone it is surprisingly (un)easy to read, setting the novel in Northumberland lends very well to the atmosphere needed to carry off such a dark piece of writing, McMahon has done a superb job of making sure that points needed to be known (as far as I can tell) from the two predecessors are covered by comments in passing without ever bearing down too heavily on what is going on at present. Character fo...
The third part of the Concrete Grove trilogy, this extremely accomplished piece of work has four main strands - Marc Price is writing a book about the Northumberland Poltergeist phenomenon in the 70s; Abby Hansen, a physical and emotional wreck whose daughter Tessa was one of the ‘Gone Away Girls’ (young girls kidnapped by persons unknown and still missing); Craig Royle, a copper who is struggling to keep himself together, haunted as he is by the ‘Gone Away Girls’ and Erik Best, a gangland thug
Beyond Here Lies Nothing is the third book in The Concrete Grove trilogy by Gary McMahon. The novel pulls the reader back to the dark and sinister happenings of an urban squallier of existence, the Estate. The story centers around the tragic disappearance of four young girls known as the Gone Away Girls and is just one event in the residential area of England of disturbing and nightmarish moments. Gary McMahon manages to weave together lifes filled with little hope that are heavy with despair. E...
Journalist Marc Price returns to The Grove after years' absence, researching a book on the Northumberland Poltergeist. When he discovers an old diary and meets embittered Abby Hansen, he finds himself drawn into the riddle of the Gone Away Girls, four estate children who have gone missing without trace across the previous decades. But Marc's discovery stirs up secrets that he'd rather not know, secrets that open doorways into strange and fateful worlds. Captain Clickety is on the move again, in
Once again, it seems to have all the right ingredients and yet is even more boring than previous books.Maybe it's because there's nobody to root for.It's the final installment and I expected some answers, and they were given (?) sort of. I must say, I'm not a stupid person, but I don't understand who is what and where is something, why it all and how it ties together. I think that is my biggest issue with the book - that all sense, plot line and inner logic got sacrificed for imagery. It's prett...
This is a really well written book with a gritty real life feel. It is set in the sort of estate that everyone in Britain knows and that helps lose you in the characters and their problems. Nearly gave this the full 5 stars but as a stand alone novel ( it's part of a trilogy) it leaves questions. Maybe the final part will answer some of them.
I started reading this book not realizing that it was book 3 in a trilogy. Turns out, it didn't matter. It was a great stand alone. This book was a great mix of suspense and horror wrapped in a mystery. I truly enjoyed this book and will now read the first two.
For me, this is the best supernatural horror book of the year so far. But it only draws its power from the first two books in the trilogy. Ensure you read them in order to get the best out of this final volume.http://opionator.wordpress.com/2012/1...
