The Turtle Boy

Unlike Sour Candy, my first Kealan Patrick Burke story which I loved and still think about it from time to time, I couldn't get into this one. I listened Turtle Boy as an Audiobook, maybe that was the problem. It was 2.5 stars but I'm rounding it up to 3 stars because I love Kealan Patrick Burke and will keep reading his stuff.

I was very glad to be able to get this edition of The Collected Timmy Quinn Stories in order to be able to read all of them together. And of course, even though this is the end of Timmy Quinn's part of that whole world, I'm looking forward to the promised sequel next year.

If you enjoy well-told ghost/horror/suspense stories written in the style of Stephen King, I think I'm safe in saying you will also enjoy Burke's Timmy Quinn stories. Give them a try.

A powerful novella that evokes the magic of childhood—and not just the warm, soft nostalgic magic, but the dark elements we'd prefer to forget. I will never forget the first encounter at the pond. It's an image that raised my hackles and shook me deeply in a way that's difficult to describe. My only complaint is that I have to read all the followup books in the Timmy Quinn series, now that my appetite has been whetted by this remarkable little book. And I guess that's not really a complaint.

You can read it in a few hours but you will never forget it.