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Horseman
- A Tale of Sleepy Hollow
- Narrated by: Em Grosland
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
In this atmospheric, terrifying novel that draws strongly from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", the author of Alice and The Girl in Red works her trademark magic, spinning an engaging and frightening new story from a classic tale.
Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben Van Brunt's grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Brom says that's just legend, the village gossips talking.
More than 30 years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play "Sleepy Hollow boys", reenacting the events Brom once lived through. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said. Could the Horseman be real after all? Or does something even more sinister stalk the woods?
Critic reviews
“Fans of gothic horror will be eager to follow Ben into the woods.” (Booklist)
"With visceral visions of nightmares, creepy prose and a pace as fast as the rush of horses’ hooves, Henry’s take on Irving’s classic story is a one-sitting read, a chilling romp into the forest that will remind readers that sometimes the scariest monster in the room is human nature." (BookPage)
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- C Frost
- 08-01-22
Started great… didn’t really go anywhere
I enjoyed the narration and the characters, but the storyline lost momentum for me. About 2/3 of the way through I was losing interest. I found the ending disappointing, and I’m not really sure what point the author was trying to make on certain issues (if at all) such as transgenderism / gender nonconformity, family expectations, love, women’s independence. She sort of introduced these ideas but never really went anywhere with them. I preferred her other book, The Girl in Red, although that fell flat at the end too.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Ivie Hill
- 01-10-23
Childish
While it had the potential to be a great novel the author spent too much time narrating the obvious and introducing the mind of the female main lead throughout the eyes of current modern young woman developing herself into an independent person rather than encorporating the elements of that desire into the mentality more fitting to the time in which the story itself was set. It clashed and ruined the experience. Young adult type story with no true development or character growth. I persisted as much as I could then shelved it.
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