The Shadow Man Book Review

Title: The Shadow Man

Author: Mark Brownless

ASIN: B07QSR398F

 Pages: 262

Source: Review copy from Zooloo Book Tours

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What if memories of your childhood are a lie?

I woke with a deep feeling of fear. My dream had shattered the memories I had been carrying for years. The village I grew up in now seemed dark and foreboding.

Was it really full of the horrors that now surfaced in my mind?

Could I face what had happened to us that summer? Was evil calling me back? And was it time to confront the Shadow Man again?

Official Summary

The author asks just how accurate our memories are with this book. Looking back, are our memories reliable and accurate? Or do we remember things a little differently from how they were? I find this topic extremely interesting and have often wondered the same thing. I do believe it’s in our nature to remember things with a slightly rosier tint, remember a better version of true events.

I started reading this book without reading a blurb, which is out of the ordinary for me. After the first couple of chapters, I was reminded of Stephen King’s IT. The Shadow Man holds some similarities to IT but the author created an ending that you would never see coming. I was wrapped up in this book and eager to see where he was going to go.

Flip has blank stops when she looks back at her teenage years, spaces of time that are simply empty. When an old nightmare returns and she receives an email from an old friend she has forgotten all about, she returns to the village where she grew up.

Reunited with the four girls she spent her childhood with, these five women compare notes and slowly start uncovering the memories they had all left in the past. Are the dreams they are having truly what happened back then? Together they set out to uncover the truth of their youth, the truth about The Shadow Man.

As a Stephen King fan, I was a little concerned at first that this story held some similarities to IT. However, as I kept turning the pages, I soon discovered that while there might be a few things that reminded me of IT, the author essentially created a brilliantly creative story very different to IT.

I raced through this book in two sittings, eagerly turning the pages wanting to know who or what The Shadow Man was! The ending holds a surprise that I did not see coming, making The Shadow Man a fantastic read for me.

The five women in this book are a dazzling mix of personalities. I enjoyed how different they were, yet they were a tight group who depended on each other in their youth and easily fell back into that routine when they were reunited. 

Halfway through this book, I was convinced I had the storyline all figured out. When the author did an about-turn changing everything around, that is when I decided I loved the book. The Shadow Man is full of surprises that will keep you entertained right to the end.

This book will appeal to horror and thriller fans and I must add that if you enjoyed IT, give this book a try, you will love it.

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About The Author

Author bio from GoodReads

Mark Brownless lives and works in Carmarthen, West Wales. He has been putting ideas on paper for some years now but only when the idea for The Hand of an Angel came to him in the autumn of 2015 did he know he might be able to write a book. Mark likes to write about ordinary people being placed in extraordinary circumstances, is fascinated by unexplained phenomena, and enjoys merging thriller, science fiction and horror.

It was difficult to write this review and not give anything away, but I hope that what I have managed to put down will encourage you to give the book a try. When you read it, leave a comment below to share your thoughts, I would love to hear what you think of The Shadow Man.

Thank you to Zooloo Book Tours for including me in this tour, this was a quick fun read. Until next time… Happy Reading!

                                     

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