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Bloodroot
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
From the acclaimed author of Blood Sport and Blood Tide, comes another impressing, original work of twisted fiction. In the beginning was the Oak, its hungry roots reaching deep into the earth, its gnarled limbs searching the distant heavens. Two hundred years ago, Obediah Magrute worshipped the Oak and died violently beneath it, feeding it with his blood and bone, shouting his chilling curse to the skies. Now, Laura and Mark Avery have come to the bustling little Vermont village. They have given up their frenetic city life to settle in the old Eldridge Place and to start their family.
Quiet and quaint, the village is nestled among the rolling green hills of Hubley's Gore. For centuries, the inhabitants of the little farming village had tilled the soil, eking out a living from the harsh land, bound together by time, by ties of kinship, by their battle against the savage elements...and by the dark secret in their midst. Silent, supreme, it held sway over them. Buried deep in the soil, in the heart of the dense forest, in the soul of the living wood, it commanded the very elements. It demanded obedience and unholy worship and...sacrifice. Laura and Mark are not superstitious, though. They find the local legends charming. But as the seasons turn and the full moon rises, people die in Hubley's Gore in thrall to an ancient, terrible power.
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- Steve Carter
- 02-11-22
An intriguing listen, but....
This starts out by telling you of a legend to do with a tree and a curse which affects people in a nearby village. There are moments which make you wince and there are signs of f foreboding terror, I was captivated by the narrator who does a brilliant job, but the story tends to wane after a while and the book could've ended in a less confusing way, but either way, a decent story. Just don't expect to be thrilled afterwards.
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- Hugh
- 01-05-22
Rosemary s baby meets Wicker Man.
Only 4 stars because it's not really original. I think it's it's a bit of a merge between the two movies.
Nevertheless, though good story. Fast paced, great dialogue, just enough descriptive text to kindle your imagination and the scene to life.
Real enough to happen with a dose of our human insanity and belief systems in tucked away societies.
would really like to give it 5, but I could have picked a few holes in the facts, which distracted me. But that is my problem.
Ps. I am not Hugh, I'm his wife.
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- Rose
- 27-07-22
not again. ‘he said’ or, ‘she said’ not sure
Question: Is doalogue as important as plot? If the answer is yes then why oh why is doalogue written in such an unimaginative way? This book is so full of ‘he said’ and ‘she said’ I wonder that this author has the nerve to call himself a writer at all. In that respect the book is utterly dreadful. Driven by the plot it attempts to hoodwink the reader in to thinking it’s great when, in fact, it’s far from it. Based on a druid legend and tree worship or, to put t another way, nature worship, the premise of the plot is believable and it would be a good book if it were not for the utter lack of imagination shon when it comes to the delivery of doalogue. the characters undergo the kind of changes you’d expect from a book of this kind and it doesn’t really have a happy ending either. As it says on many a school report, ‘must try harder’ especially when it comes to dialogue.
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-09-22
Not as good as it should be.
I like R. F. Jones, but this is not up to his usual standard. The first chapter is great, but the rest is 'clap-trap'!
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