6/25/2023 0 Comments The whisper man book coverAs terrifying as this book can be, what makes it extra special is that the horror is counterbalanced by Tom and Jake’s father/son relationship, a connection that is full of heart and accurately observed human emotion. When Tom, a widow, and his son move to the town for a fresh start, that dark time is long over-until another little boy disappears in a similar manner to those taken by The Whisper Man many years ago. The Whisper Man tells the story of Featherbank, a small town shaken 20 years ago by a serial killer who whispered outside windows at night, stealing sons and then melting into the darkness. In the title character, Alex North has created a monster who comes alive in your imagination, who lingers in the shadows of your mind even after you’ve closed the book. There have been so many generic copies of villains such as Hannibal Lecter, or Dracula, and so I approach most thrillers or horrors with justified trepidation.īut The Whisper Man is a triumph. You could be forgiven for thinking we have seen the best of them-I certainly thought so. There is something that cannot be mathematically manufactured-a kind of alchemy, a murky and mysterious process whereby something comes alive, much in the way Mary Shelley gave Frankenstein’s monster life. While writing The Silent Patient, I spent a lot of time thinking about what exactly makes characters iconic-and I came to the conclusion that it comes down to a kind of simplicity, clean lines and vivid imagery.
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