For starters, I’ve been neglecting my duties in the sense that I haven’t updated this blog in ages. For what it’s worth, I haven’t really read or watched anything for a bit anyway, as I completed another rather exhausting move. Life is starting to stabilize again, and now I’ve picked up a couple of new books, and finally have the time to review the last one.
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub marks the first pairing of these two authors since they teamed up for The Talisman. True to its release date, this book takes a couple of the characters from Talisman 20-odd years into the future (corresponding to the duration since the release of the previous installment), where we catch up with Jack Sawyer after he’s spent some time as a police detective and summarily retired to the outskirts of a small town. The brutal murder of some local children slowly but surely drags our reluctant hero out of retirement for what will be a much less than ordinary case.
I found this to be a worthy follow-up story to The Talisman, and I’d be curious to know if there’s the potential for a chapter 3 or not. King has hinted at retirement or at least slowing down, but then he dropped that monster Under the Dome, so anything’s possible. I found the story to be quite entertaining and as usual, if you’re a fan of King, Straub, or the first book, this one is worth a read.
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