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A review by pbanditp
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
4.0
I feel like I just stepped out of Elm Haven. The setting in this book is fantastic. I know the town and the surrounding area of this sleepy little town and I could follow these kids around as they rode their bikes or ran around town. The school, Old Central, gave me the creeps just at the mention of it.
The kids are my friends. I didn’t want to read the book after a few chapters because I was afraid of what bad things were going to happen to my friends. Then I didn’t want to put the book down because I had to know how these 11-12 year old kids were going to survive and save the town.
The action lasts right to the end but I didn’t want to finish reading the book. I am going to miss these kids
July 2021 reread. The magic wasn’t duplicated. Some books you can read multiple times and come away loving it even more but that didn’t happen for Summer of Night. Reliving the scenes didn’t have the same tense nostalgic feel and while I will still recommend the book to others, I will probably not read it again.
The slow start was too much for many in my book club and they couldn’t finish it but some finished it three days
The kids are my friends. I didn’t want to read the book after a few chapters because I was afraid of what bad things were going to happen to my friends. Then I didn’t want to put the book down because I had to know how these 11-12 year old kids were going to survive and save the town.
The action lasts right to the end but I didn’t want to finish reading the book. I am going to miss these kids
July 2021 reread. The magic wasn’t duplicated. Some books you can read multiple times and come away loving it even more but that didn’t happen for Summer of Night. Reliving the scenes didn’t have the same tense nostalgic feel and while I will still recommend the book to others, I will probably not read it again.
The slow start was too much for many in my book club and they couldn’t finish it but some finished it three days