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The Current Reader Reviews Drowned Sorrow 9/20/2010 3:13:50 PM
“Drowned Sorrow is a compact, disturbing gem of the horror genre written with a knowledgeable appreciation of the classic style. Set in a remote lakeside village that is shrouded in continual rain and inhabited by mysterious townsfolk, the story revolves around Megan Blackwood, an emotionally damaged television reporter trying to recover from the death of her son while still parenting her teenage daughter. By focusing on Megan’s grief and loss, Morgan allows the reader to become distracted from the growing sense of ill-ease and general creepiness of the village where Megan is spending a vacation with her daughter. It is the subtly mounting terror that makes this book work so effectively. By slowly revealing details, a dawning sense of something’s wrong begins to pervade the storytelling. Morgan does a fine job of creating a feeling of dread and foreboding, while keeping the story human and grounded in the relationship between mother and daughter. And like all great horror stories, you will inevitably catch yourself wanting to yell at the characters to “Get OUT!” or “RUN!”, which is the essential mark of good storytelling.” – Malcolm Gregory Love, The Current Reader
