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The Damned, a horror novel written by Andrew Pyper, works better than the author’s previous foray in the genre: although it’s still full of problems, the book at least has a better protagonist than The Demonologist and a more efficient structure.
The story follows Danny Orchard, a man who was pronounced dead for a few minutes during a fire when he was young. This near-death experience left him with memories of his time in paradise, which he uses to write a book and become famous. Danny, however, is unable to enjoy life because the spirit of his twin sister, who did not survive the same incident, is forever haunting him.
The Damned successfully builds an [...]
The Demonologist, written by Andrew Pyper, seeks to mix a horror story with the typical structure of a thriller while building an allegory on depression. The novel may contain a couple of exciting scenes, but its incoherent story is ultimately incapable of sustaining itself.
The novel’s protagonist is David Ullman, a university professor and specialist in the most famous work of the English poet John Milton: the epic poem Paradise Lost. Ullman’s marriage is in ruins, his job doesn’t bring the same satisfaction as before, and his best friend has just discovered she has terminal cancer. It’s to escape [...]