LitPick Review
The boy in the cathedral remembers nothing. The "giggler" torments him from the edge of the wood, just out of sight. His imagination is running wild, and as it does, all the things in it become reality, dangerous reality. Richard's son died years ago; the remains of his body were found on the edge of Ryhope Wood, unidentifiable, but there. When a woman comes out of the woods who knows where Alex is, but doesn't exactly, and has communicated with him, sort of, Richard is understandably confused. Does he dare hope to find the son he thought dead?
Opinion:
The Hollowing is an intriguing blend of fantasy, mystery, science fiction, and romance. It pulls you in, and yet it is written in a way that you want to change what happens as you read. Something will happen at the beginning that makes no sense, and then as soon as it makes sense to you, you want to tell the characters what they are doing wrong; you want them to know as soon as you do. At the same time, you just want to change what happened at the beginning so that pain, or loss, is saved and everything works like in a fairytale. Because the reader can't do either of these things they keep reading trying to get to the end as fast as they can because you know what you want to happen, but you don't know if it is going to. The Hollowing is very well written because it keeps the reader confused on some things and others are obvious right from the beginning. Because of this, the reader doesn't get frustrated, because though you are confused, you figure something new out at every page. Science Fiction and Romance readers will especially like this book, but mystery and fantasy readers get pulled just as easily into the world of Richard, Alex, and Ryhope Wood.
