Rezension: Andrew Pyper: “The Demonologist”

Pyper is already an international bestseller, so it’s no surprise that people are excited about his newest work. Of his previous novels, I’ve only read The Killing Circle, a 2008 thriller set in Toronto’s literary scene.

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Rezensionen: Perry, Soderberg, Black, Pyper

Marilyn Stasio reviews four of the most recent thriller publications: Thomas Perry’s “The Boyfriend,” Alexander Soderberg’s “The Andalucian Friend,” Cara Black’s “Murder Below Montparnasse” and Andrew Pyper’s “The Demonologist”.

Rezension: Andrew Pyper: “The Demonologist”

The book is billed as “literary horror.” The “literary” moniker is doubtless meant to convey something about the quality of the writing – while some find the term snobbish or pretentious, it’s obviously still considered desirable enough to appear on advertising copies.

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Rezension: Andrew Pyper: “The Demonologist”

“The Demonologist” is a literary horror story that values smarts over scares, though there are plenty of both. If you strip away the demons and ghosts, the possessions and hallucinations, it is about a father and daughter, and how far a parent will go to protect a child.

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Rezension: Andrew Pyper: “The Demonologist”

There are some huge leaps of faith and a lot of suspension of disbelief required to enjoy the story, but as a thriller, “The Demonologist” has all the twisting excitement of a Dan Brown novel, and all the lurid, gory violence of a Stieg Larsson. It’s a page-turner.

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