This book had such a long slow build-up that I almost didn't finish it. Once the 'action' started to pick up, however, it was much easier to read and I really enjoyed the overall story.

This one took me awhile to get through. I started and stopped several times. While I think the story was interesting, it just wasn't told very well. There were too many times that I would have to read paragraphs over and over again just to try to understand what was happening. It was a bit of a confused, muddled mess.

I think if it had been shortened by a hundred pages or so, it would have helped. So, I give it 3 stars for the interesting plot.

I downloaded this book when it was free without really reading what the book was about. The first line of the description said something about it being a true horror novel and since I love horror that was all it took. I was on a very long flight and decided to start this book and I was hooked. I didn't find it scary or anything, but it was really interesting and I really enjoyed it. I had been planning on just reading for a little bit and then watching a movie or something, but instead read until I finished the book right before we landed. Great read.

For me the difference between books that are classified as horror and books that actually terrify is an emphasis on plot versus atmosphere. Forsaken, like other good but not great horror novels, seems to try and pack the book full of "events" and actions that are sometimes gory and sometimes weird and sometimes feel like they're trying too hard, but all of that too often comes at the expense of actually building a chilling, surreal, and frightening atmosphere. Too many plot points come off as silly, while those that could really inspire some terror seem underdeveloped. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the book, but it didn't reach the levels I hoped it would, and by the novel's end Van Wey has a tendency to try and pinpoint what everything means and out how things happened, and of course the first rule of horror is that the more you explain the less horrifying it becomes.

I guess I just want an atmosphere that creeps me out-- a la The Little Stranger or The Haunting of Hill House--more than I want overly-explained action.

But that's just me. I still think the book deserves a wider audience than it has right now.

This one should be a movie!

Ugh, please don't give me nightmares.

A good creepy read with plenty of shivers along the way. I guessed where the author was heading about halfway through the book, but did not foresee the journey he took to get there. An interesting story that kept me turning pages and piecing the puzzle together. But for lack of consistent POV, and one completely out of tense passage near the end, I would give this 4-stars. An entertaining 3.5 star read.

A well written horror novel! The writer did a great job building up dread as the story progressed and the final act is haunting. I may need to sleep with the lights on for a while.