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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Midnight Tour (The Beast House Chronicles #3) in Books
Jul 30, 2021
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The Midnight Tour ( Beast House chronicles book 3)
By Richard Laymon
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The midnight tour of the Beast House begins on the stroke of midnight on Saturday nights only. On this particular midnight tour, 13 unlucky tourists are joined by an unexpected visitor and they'll be lucky to get out alive.
I thought this was the best so far by a long shot! The only thing keeping me from speeding through it was the Olympic Games ! I loved the development and I think I’m starting to get his writing style although he always manages a completely irrelevant scene in each book! I’m definitely going to be reading the last one and more.
And, I have to say, this largely follows the same structure as the mid part of JRR Tolkien's magnus opus, with the companions split into several groups, and of on several inter-connected quests.
As with the first book in the series, the characters are largely cardboard cut-outs, with it being in the world building where the novel excels. Of the companions, I also know that we are meant to associate with Tanis Half-Elf the most (or Raistlin), but I have to say: I've always had a soft spot for Sturm Brightblade the most!
However, I found this to be lacking the intimacy of that first novel, or even the tragic pathos of Sturm from the second Dragons of Winter Night; too concerned with Tanis's internal struggles and skipping over a large part of just what happened to Raistlin and how he suddenly becomes so powerful (told in other spin-offs, perhaps?).
Also, and as with Dragons of Winter Night, not all characters survive the story, with one character in particular provided with a fitting farewell.
In short, and as a whole: these books are OK, but nothing remarkable.
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