Bill's Reviews > The Fisherman

I haven't read a lot of cosmic horror but it's something that I've wanted to be able to experience (in a book). There were a few attempts here and there but nothing really seemed to catch for me.
Either the stories were just too outlandish to buy into, or the author used an over-descriptiveness that lost me.

Until.....now!

This was really good. You know why? Because John Langan, using perfect measures of descriptive prose, painted scenes that I could visualize fully. Also, the pacing of the story (and story within the story) was terrific. The dialogue was realistic, and, well heck: the guy's just a fabulous writer.

Cosmic horror is something that can be really tough to take in unless you are able to suspend disbelief and let it take you along. Langan's landscapes seamlessly transition to these other places and as a reader I was able to slide in with full acceptance.
And he knocked the ending out of the park, bumping that 4.5 he had going to a full on five star rating.
It's been a couple of days since I read it now, and it is still niggling away at me. You want cosmic horror served easy? Here it is. An excellent Halloween season read.