Hex

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I experienced many emotions during this read and not all of them were positive. At first, I was confused and I chalked it up to the possibility that the book was translated from Dutch and perhaps the odd whimsy and almost silly tones were just one off for American audiences. So I pressed on but I honestly didn't like large portions of the beginning. The witch will show up at any time in any place in the village. If she chooses to stand at the end of your bed in the middle of the night and watch you sleep, well - you’ll try and have a good night! But then again: she can’t really watch you, because her eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Quien vive allí tiene que aprender a convivir con ella, no hay otra. Algo que llevan arrastrando desde hace nada menos que 350 años.

Jocelyn smiled and pursed her lips. “Well, I hope she likes Johnny Cash, because that’s what was in the CD player, and reaching past her to press play once is enough for me, thank you.” la humanidad ha demostrado una y otra vez su tendencia a cruzar límites que no debería cruzar. Y tenemos muchísimas razones para creer que, si abre los ojos y empieza a pronunciar sus hechizos, moriremos todos. Por eso la mantenemos oculta. No conviene que la entendamos..., no debemos entenderla. Katherine es una bomba de relojería paranormal."💀 A] touch of strangeness, of alienness, avoiding sub-Stephen King clichés. [Olde Heuvelt] has written five novels already, and publishers should be lining up to translate them.”—The Wall Street Journal A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.I suspect YA readers who adored The Maze Runner will like this. I think 'Hex' is a better book, but it falls into the same kind of nonsensical plot outcomes and character behavior, especially when the author is writing from the viewpoint of some adult characters.

Setting ancient magic against contemporary technology, HEXis one of the most thoughtful horror stories of the twenty-first century, made all the more chilling for its uncompromising view of humanity. Hex is mainly the story of Tyler and his father, Steve. When the teens actions towards Katherine have unintended results, both Tyler and Steve attempt to set things right. The town's descent into madness seems inevitable, but you hope that they find a way to succeed. In this day and age, it’s difficult to conceive that anything that went on in the world, particularly in America, would be able to escape the glare of the seemingly omnipotent social media network, and on the whole you’d be right. Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s novel Hex, however, not only challenges this assumption but does so in such an interesting way that you’ll begin to wonder what else is being hidden in plain sight. Spielbergian in the way Olde Heuvelt shows supernatural goings-on in the midst of everyday life... It’s a fabulous, unforgettable conceit and Olde Heuvelt makes the most of it.” ―The Guardian this was written in 2013 and originally set in a small dutch town, and i really liked this part of the author’s afterword:

Griselda is a tragic figure, abused by her alcoholic ex-husband and bringing up a child by herself in a situation in which everyone knows her name and circumstances, she has more down to earth things to deal with than the supernatural. As an outsider herself it is not surprising that she begins to relate to and idolise the Witch. Together with the cast of families and supporting characters, Olde Heuvelt builds up a familiar picture of a believable community. This makes the reader invested in their fates, and makes their descent into madness and destruction all the more horrifying. The novel’s villagers try to do this deliberately: they call the witch ‘Granma’ and the teens start playing pranks on her, because everybody tries and forget about how scary and dangerous she can be (even though that's something that still needs to be proven to the reader). The witch’s curse and presence forbids any of the villagers to lead a more or less normal life: once a citizen they cannot leave their village and have to try and keep their curse a secret to the outside world. This makes life and interaction with the world beyond the village’s limits a tad bit difficult. Lo paranormal, la bruja como un ente maligno y con una gran influencia es el mal encarnado, sí, y puede que su aspecto y el suspenso de qué es lo que pretende vagando por más de 300 años en aquel lugar solo sea producto de una venganza o quizás otra cosa. Lo cierto es que da miedo y tiene aterrorizado a todos los habitantes pero lo que queda claro en la medida que avanzas es que las personas que viven en el pueblo son igual o mucho más peores que ella. La prueba viviente está en cómo adoctrinan a los muchachos desde pequeños manteniéndolos en aislamiento, los torturan psicológicamente para que no cometan alguna tontería a favor de la bruja y si incumplen algún decreto serán castigados físicamente. Vamos, que la moral y los derechos básicos son violentados solo por el miedo que supone la figura monstruosa de la bruja. Y sus leyes no tienen nada que envidiarle a los de la edad media ya que lo que hoy en día se considera una persona civilizada aquí es la representación del más puro salvajismo animal e irracional. It's that time of year again. When the leaves start turning and the air gets cooler...wut? I live in the south. That crap ain't happening. But I still wanted some scary reading.

Mi problema fue el estilo narrativo del autor no lo encontré cómodo para sumergirme en toda la trama, el pueblo y los personajes. Sobretodo las repeticiones. Por ello ha sido un mitad sí, mitad no.

Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-18 09:29:25 Associated-names Forest-Flier, Nancy, translator Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40334403 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Yup. And Roger. I ditched Novak.” She stood up and slid her arms around his waist. “How was your day?”