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American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
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American Elsewhere (edition 2013)

by Robert Jackson Bennett

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Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. When ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico, she learns that the people of Wink are very, very different...… (more)
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Title:American Elsewhere
Authors:Robert Jackson Bennett
Info:Orbit US (2013), Edition: 1, Paperback, 688 pages
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Quite a good book, well written. I don't usually enjoy descriptions, but in this book they added to the atmosphere. Story is intriguing. ( )
  zjakkelien | Jan 2, 2024 |
Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map, and in that little town are quiet streets lined with pretty houses that conceal the strangest things. Ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother’s home in Wink, New Mexico, and when she gets there, she finds that the people of Wink are very, very different.

Woo. Lovecraftian horror. This really reminded me of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, which, if you haven’t listened to before, you really ought to. I loved Mona -- she’s pragmatic, realistic, cynical, even in the face of some really weird shit going down. And while I get that Bennett is more literary than a lot of authors out there, I sort of wished that this book had been trimmed down a little -- I was really experiencing book fatigue by about page 500, but I knew if I put it down, I’d never pick it back up. This is not to say that the book isn’t fantastic -- it really is, and it may make it onto my favorites shelf. It was definitely a joyride. ( )
  lyrrael | Aug 3, 2023 |
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Un Horror dalla h maiuscola! Ho adorato ogni singola pagina.

La protagonista, Mona Bright, mi è piaciuta fin da subito: è simpatica, imbranata, coraggiosa e disperata. Anche gli altri personaggi sono ben caratterizzati, agiscono coerentemente alla loro indole e il registro linguistico è diverso per ognuno.

I capitoli sono corti e super intensi! Questa storia racchiude un po’ di [b:Casa di foglie|8786712|Casa di foglie|Mark Z. Danielewski|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328141601l/8786712._SX50_.jpg|856555], Twin Peaks (per la città decisamente fuori dal comune) e [b:Welcome to Night Vale|23129410|Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)|Joseph Fink|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1447774088l/23129410._SY75_.jpg|42677282] (per i cittadini stranissimi), ma tutti in versione molto più dark.

Per finire un paio di cosine che non mi tornano del tutto e sul quale avrei voluto leggere di più nel libro:

1. Qual è la storia dietro quei totem/teschietti? A parte che sono dei portali per arrivare al Wildling..ma perché esistono? Chi li ha fatti? Come fa il servitore della Madre a trovarli, capire cosa fanno?
2. Se la ragazza (che viene mandata a prendere i teschietti) riesce a fare via e vai dalla “prigione” del Wildling, perché lui non può uscire?!
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  HelloB | Apr 11, 2023 |
I've just finished this story.

Now I'm sitting here thinking 'Well, that was pretty cohesive, for a story full of nightmares.'

Do you like vivid imagery? Solid characters? Weird but compelling plots?

If yes to any or all of those, read this. ( )
  terriaminute | Dec 4, 2022 |
A little Welcome to Nightvale, a little H.P. Lovecraft. It started out a little slow, then it got pretty Lovecraftian and correspondingly creepy and intriguing, but the denouement was a big letdown. Plus there were a number of characters and plot threads that just were abandoned or killed off without adequate resolution. ( )
  Charon07 | Jun 9, 2022 |
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Men always forget that human happiness is a disposition of mind and not a condition of circumstances.  -John Locke
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Even though it is a fairly cool night, Norris is sweating abundantly.
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Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. When ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico, she learns that the people of Wink are very, very different...

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Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things.

After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico. And the closer Mona gets to her mother's past, the more she understands that the people of Wink are very, very different....

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