Before Dan opened his door to find a wounded woman who had escaped from the tormentors in the mountain, his life had become rather quiet. He and the eight other people in the mostly abandoned town had become friends. They spent peaceful evenings around the campfire and even made vague plans to journey east one day and leave the ominous mountain behind. But the woman's arrival changes everything. Who is she? How does she know so much about Dan's brother, who is still held captive in the mountain? Why are long-forgotten memories rising to the surface? And why does Dan feel so compelled to keep her presence in his house a secret? Visionary writer Shawn Smucker is back with an unsettling story that invites us to consider two challenging questions: To what lengths will we go to assuage our own guilt? and Is there a limit to the things we will do for the people we love?
Put your money on a better book instead. Not worth the time or emotional energy sap.
Published by Nikita Wells , 4 years ago
These Nameless Things review
I can honestly say this is the very first book I've reviewed that I actually did not enjoy reading at all. As I read, I found there to be an underlying thread of dread, fear, depression, spiritual darkness and just plain weirdness throughout the story. I found no glimmer of hope, nor redeeming values whatsoever in it. I didn't see until I received my copy that it was based on the movie, "Dante's Peak". I had heard of the film, but wouldn't even consider watching it for the language it is told to contain, and the destructive, graphic nature of the theme. This is an author I will not venture to read again. I recieved this book free from Revell for my honest opinion, and the views expressed here are my own.
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