5/28/2023 0 Comments Sorrow's Point by Danielle DeVor![]() This is more of an amusing travelogue through modern horror clichés than a fully realized story in its own right. DeVor regularly overexplains and then repeats information, defusing narrative tension. ![]() (No, the Catholic church never “banned” the Harry Potter books.) But what really impedes the fun is a lack of pace. Blackmoor, his friend’s new residence, rests upon the outskirts of the town of Sorrow’s Point. ![]() Horror tropes pack the pages-cannibal killer, monstrous child, ley-line “doorway,” even a Dementor-and much of DeVor’s research appears to have been done in five minutes on the Internet. When defrocked ex-priest, Jimmy Holiday, agrees to help an old friend with his sick daughter, he doesn’t expect the horrors that await him. ![]() Jimmy sounds like a gumshoe detective, not a man of faith, but his narrative voice is a strong blend of insightful, self-deprecating, and sincere. Out of his depth, Jimmy in turn taps Tabby, his ex-girlfriend, who happens to be a witch. Defrocked priest Jimmy Holiday is cajoled by his high school pal Will to investigate the apparent demonic possession of Will’s daughter, Lucy. ![]() DeVor’s first novel for City Owl, a reprint of her well-received 2013 indie debut, is an entertaining but unevenly paced exorcism story. ![]()
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