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All Hallows
by Christopher Golden
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Halloween, 1984.
A father and daughter setting up their annual Haunted Woods for the final time.
Children getting ready to Trick or Treat through their suburban neighborhood.
A family setting up for the giant neighborhood Halloween Party.
Four strange children in outdated Halloween costumes looking terrified and murmuring about The Cunning Man.
With twin flames for eyes, limbs that are twiggy and long, and a voice like the laughter of long lost children, The Cunning Man stalks the night.
All Hallows lures the reader in with nostalgic Halloween memories, hooks them with neighborhood gossip, then guts them with a merciless, malevolent monster.
There is evil in this book, and it will chill you to your core. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia
Minor: Pedophilia
Terrible people do terrible things in this book. They get what’s coming to them. Unfortunately, a few innocent kids are taken out by the monsters too, but it’s a horror novel with high stakes. No one is safe. Golden does not bury his gays in this book.