Dark Harvest by Edward Gehlert

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I did like the story but could not really decide whether to go with a 3 or 4 star. That may seem a bit wishy-washy but it hit some of my good feelings and some of my bad ones as far as how things were done. I wanted a horror story and what I got was a bible story more or less. I actually avoid stories about the rapture because it is not what I consider to be entertaining.

What I liked was that the characters were each very well fleshed out. You got to know their background and what made them the way they are before they came into contact with each other. The locales were also very well described so that you could picture them clearly. The overall tone of the story is nicely done and keeps you wanting to move forward as you discover new things about what is going on.

What bugged me were the transitions during paragraphs, you can be reading about one thing and the next sentence will be about something completely different or another character. It was sometimes confusing. I was also not happy about the fact that I had to add words while reading because sometimes they were simply missing from the sentence. I was also not thrilled with the bible verse headings for each chapter, though I could deal with that. But the word overhaul used by mistake for overalls, as in bib overalls, did bug me from the time it was first said to the last writing.

Sean Tyler learns a painful lesson at the tender age of 6 years old when his life is changed in a violent and bloody way. The weather has gone crazy and natural disasters are happening around the world leaving destruction in their path. Then a mysterious malady strikes which places children and some adults as well as the elderly into a coma-like state. When they come out of it things go from bad to horrible for those left behind.

I admit it pulled me in completely even with the things that made me a little crazy. The creatures are truly nightmarish and made me want to stay awake to avoid any chance of dreaming about them. I have to read the next book now because I need to know what happens to everyone I have gotten to know.

Of course, I recommend it!



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