I finished The Red Tree three nights ago (enjoyed it a lot; atmosphere and dread like The Willows, except novel length). While the ending is not a mere twist, it *feels* like a twist in the sense that it reveals that what has gone before could have in fact been imagined. I see what you're saying, but it certainly did cause me to reevaluate my initial impressions of the plot, which kinda-sorta feels like a twist, or at least some form of elaborate peripeteia.
Off-hand, based on your list of inspirations at the back of the book, I finally decided to go with the bandwagon and picked up Straub's Ghost Story. Hopefully it lives up to it's name.
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It was still neat.
Date: 2010-04-11 08:04 am (UTC)Off-hand, based on your list of inspirations at the back of the book, I finally decided to go with the bandwagon and picked up Straub's Ghost Story. Hopefully it lives up to it's name.