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If you think the latest from Richard Matheson picks up where he left off with some of the best known horror stories written to date, you may be slightly disappointed with this tale. I wish I had really great things to say about Richard Matheson's latest book. I love the main character, A. Black and I love his war stories and general attitude toward things. His biting wit was the high point of this book-parenthesis and all. The premise is fun the writing is good, of course, but it lacks in general suspense and entertainment value.

What happened to me while I was reading Other Kingdoms was that I ended up asking myself, why? Why am I reading this book? It started off engagingly enough, but after a hundred or more pages, I started to day dream about what other book I should read next, and then my mind asked, why wait? Not a good sign. Especially from an author that has written spell binding books with great plots, characters, and ambiance. This does not compare.

I think if I were Wiccan, I would certainly enjoy this book about witchcraft and evil fairies who live in the woods. I found it was just a strange book with very little redeeming qualities and it was a struggle to finish for this reader. I found it to be quite a rambling escapade that didn't grip my attention to the fullest extent, and I am not completely sure why.


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Other Kingdoms Richard Matheson 9780765327680 Books Reviews

I thought this book would be deeper than it was. By the time I was finished I was angry at the author for his repetitive, irritating, and lack luster narration. Seemed like he mailed this one in and didn't bother to change out of his pajamas. The characters were shallow and worse; boring. I thought the overall idea of a war ravaged soldier entering another world was cool, but the execution became just uninteresting and trite. The overall theme had so much potential, and so many angles to be pursued, but instead he wrote something like teenage love story crossed with a Tolkien-lite graphic novel. I have never read any of his other works and now I am disinclined to, despite his reputation.
I became excited when I saw that Richard Matheson had a new book out. It had been years since I read anything truly new from this imaginative fantasy writer. I grew up on Matheson's horror/fantasy/science fiction either in print (I Am Legend, Hell House,The Incredible Shrinking Man, Duel) or in film/TV (The Night Stalker, Duel, Trilogy of Terror, The Fall of the House of Usher, What Dreams May Come, Stir of Echoes, "Twilight Zone"). He's so versatile that it's easy to over look his exceptional skills as a storyteller.

Matheson's latest is a dark fantasy novel following horror writer Alex White during his youth fighting in the trenches during World War I. Alex befreinds Harold Lightfoot and Englishman and when Harold dies he leaves Alex an unexpected gift-a large chunk of gold from his home Gatford, England. Intrigued by their discussion of the place and having no where else to go, Alex settles in Gatford but discovers that there's dark creatures in the forest surrounding the run down farm house he buys. Although warned to not stray off the path, he does so and begins a journey into a very different life influenced by the creatures of the forest.

A dark, compelling fantasy with a twisted sort of love story at its heart Other Kingdoms reflects Matheson at his best; the narrative is well structured and the plotting brilliantly thought out. As always he creates credible characters that you develop sympathy for even if they aren't the most sympathetic. Matheson assumes the voice of a character of the time (Alex was born before Matheson and the style reflects that era).

Well into his eighth decade as a writer Matheson may have slowed down in providing us with new material to read but the quality and imagination remains consistently high.

Highly recommended.I Am Legend
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet Horror Stories By Richard MathesonSomewhere In TimeWhat Dreams May Come A NovelThe Box Uncanny StoriesThe Incredible Shrinking Man
If you think the latest from Richard Matheson picks up where he left off with some of the best known horror stories written to date, you may be slightly disappointed with this tale. I wish I had really great things to say about Richard Matheson's latest book. I love the main character, A. Black and I love his war stories and general attitude toward things. His biting wit was the high point of this book-parenthesis and all. The premise is fun the writing is good, of course, but it lacks in general suspense and entertainment value.

What happened to me while I was reading Other Kingdoms was that I ended up asking myself, why? Why am I reading this book? It started off engagingly enough, but after a hundred or more pages, I started to day dream about what other book I should read next, and then my mind asked, why wait? Not a good sign. Especially from an author that has written spell binding books with great plots, characters, and ambiance. This does not compare.

I think if I were Wiccan, I would certainly enjoy this book about witchcraft and evil fairies who live in the woods. I found it was just a strange book with very little redeeming qualities and it was a struggle to finish for this reader. I found it to be quite a rambling escapade that didn't grip my attention to the fullest extent, and I am not completely sure why.