The Burn Palace

by Stephen Dobyns

Book Overview

From award-winning author Dobyns comes a sardonic yet chilling literary novel of suspense about a small New England town beset by all manner of inexplicable--and perhaps supernatural--criminal acts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142180440
• ISBN13: 9780142180440
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

7.3/10 would maybe recommend to a friend

The story line was very very interesting and left me really perplexed about what was going on. I liked the characters alright and their storylines, although semi-hard to keep track of, were also pretty interesting. The ending of the story left me wanting a little more to be said about the alleged black magic going on and the closure also lacked the devilishness I was hoping for. Some of the book recounts important events through Woody or Bobby's POV *after* the event takes place, which was a little frustrating because I wanted to read those events as they took place. It made me feel a little disconnected from the storyline. Regardless, still a pretty captivating read and could be something I would recommend to someone looking for a spooky-ish mystery.