Warn your nightmares, wait...just kidding.

Book 19 - A book based on or turned into a TV show

Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy

My initial idea of this novel was entirely based upon the cover and this, quite frankly, scared me a lot.

Here I was thinking I should be reading this novel for the "A book that scares you" challenge instead. (BTW, I'm still looking for ideas on that one so please suggest. Nothing too scary, I still want to be able to sleep at night.)

After a perusal of the first 50 pages I realized that there was nothing horror film about this novel. I was rather excited about this prospect.

As I was reading, I was also watching episodes of Arrow (specifically season 2, episodes 9 and 10). There were a few moments during the novel where I had to sit myself down and mentally separate the two story lines. I'm not even really sure that I was ever able to successfully do that. 

I sort of lost my place somewhere in the middle, but I found my way back. (That's a movie quote by the way. If you don't know it, I'm appalled.)

I finished Part 1, only to discover that I was sitting in an aura of questions. So much had happened that was just hanging around unanswered. I absolutely love these kinds of novel, but I wasn't prepared for it at first because it has been quite some time since I last read one. With a large amount of patience and some faster reading, I arrived at the end of the story without any questions and loads of spectacular fictional things running through my mind. This may have partly been to blame for my initial lack of sleep last night. I did finish the novel at 10:42 which is rather far past my bedtime.

I haven't yet ventured into the television world that is Hemlock Grove, so please don't ask me if it is better than the novel. In any case, if you know me at all, I will always choose the novel over the screen production. Unless we're talking about The Notebook, that movie was better than the book.

If you are one of those sort who enjoy werewolves and all manner of supernatural beings, please take an hour or two or seven to read this novel; you will enjoy such word ordering. (That is to say, the way in which all the words are ordered to create something so spectacular that I now feel I need to recover before picking up another book. Too bad my soul isn't listening to the pathetic attempt by my brain, it just loves reading so much!)

For those of you who have seen the television show, let me know how it is. You've heard my telling of the novel, now let's compare notes. 

Travel friends, travel, this is t-bear signing off