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The Fisherman

By: John Langan
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
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In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.©2016 John Langan (P)2023 Tantor Media Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Sea Adventures Scary Adventure Fishing
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Best modern Lovecraftian tale I've read/listened to, and really well read.

Gonna be seeking a book copy, and listening to it again in the meantime.

Best modern Lovecraftian tale I've read/listened.

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the story-within-a-story dragged too long. I feel like I connected with Abe, only to lose him for far too long. a good book, but let down by this...

themes of grief beautifully written

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Incredible book, a little slow earlier in but sets the scene and character well for an incredible end half of the book.

Slow burn into intense thriller

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I enjoyed the start as a fisherman myself the waters are the best place to get away from it all. However the story really just turned into a drag and hard to finish.

Good start but turned into a drag

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It's a (long) story within a story. I didn't think it was terribly well written as half way through, probably at the most pivotal point, I was really struggling with the imagery. There's many points where the dialogue is.... Dan says.... Frank says.... Dan says ... etc which I found really irritating especially as the narrators voice was the same throughout.
My first 'horror' book so maybe not my genre.

Not for me.

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