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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9863749" data-attributes="member: 7033171">after the Sworn Soldier series, I couldn't get enough of Kingfisher so I've read "The Hollow Places"The characters are not as good as in her sworn soldiers series, but the horror is... so good. First of Kingfishers novels where I actually felt some scary moments. But it really depends on what kind of horror makes you tingle. Its not bloody, its not serial killer etc. Its more abstract horror, cosmic horror, liminal space, impossible geography. If you're into that - this book is for you.Unfortunately the second half and payoff are not as good. There is a moment at halftime where the heroes think they are saved - and as a reader you dread what is gonna happen and how the horror returns. This is great in the beginning, but the author takes too long to bring the horror back and ultimately it falls flat IMO. But its still definitely worth reading especially for the exploration of that strange parallel world in the first book that gives you the chills with all its quite creative ideas that something is absolutely wrong here and against all nature. I loved the comparisons of the main character to falling through a wall in a video game - these kind of glitches really scared me as a kid and when they happened I had to immediately quit the game.</blockquote>