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~Coldheart Canyon~
by Clive Barker
A guest review by Lara Frater
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Heroine:
plump/abundant |
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When famous actor Todd
Pickett goes missing after
blotched plastic surgery, his most fanatical fan, a fat
housewife named Tammy Lauper, decides to try to find
her missing heartthrob. She tracks him to Coldheart Canyon, a great
mansion haunted by old Hollywood stars and controlled by Katya Lupi, a
silent screen star whose youthful ethereal beauty is still strangely preserved
despite
decades of hard living, and who will do anything to keep Todd by her
side.
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What worked for me: |
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Tammy rocks!
She starts off as a stereotypical character, a fat
housewife obsessed with a famous actor; but she turns out
to be a tough, sweet-natured and intelligent woman.
Size-wise, although her weight isn't mentioned, I expected she's
a rather big girl.
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What didn't work for me: |
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Not enough Tammy
in this book, and she should have been given a love
interest.
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Overall: |
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I highly recommend this
suspense-filled horror novel. Tammy Lauper is a great heroine; do
not judge her right away. She becomes a wonderfully well-defined
character as the story
progresses.
Warning: There are mentions of the occult in this book, as well as some very
violent and sexual scenes, including rape and
bestiality.
If you liked
"Coldheart Canyon" you might also enjoy
the Halloween reading list,
"Delores Claiborne",
"Etta Mae's Little Theory",
"The Folly
of Assumption", and
"Such a Pretty Face". |
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