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Patrick Reuman

A Place So Wicked Kindle Edition

by Patrick Reuman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Fate brings Toby and his family to Black Falls, New York, where the skies are clear and the future is bright. Except at their new home. There is something off about 23 Ripley Avenue. It’s a large Colonial house, the biggest in town, where the floorboards creak and even the darkness seems darker. Worst of all is the stench, which seems to emanate from the locked door in the basement, the one nobody can get open. It smells of death and decay, slowly spreading from the basement like a sickness. Toby must uncover the truth behind his new home before the death takes over everything – including his family.

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March 11, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08YQWDJK4
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 11, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4058 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 281 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #84,308 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #118 in Occult Ghosts & Haunted Houses
- #163 in Occult Supernatural
- #377 in Ghost Suspense

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Patrick Reuman is an author, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, and the father of a beautiful little man. He has been writing since the age of sixteen and hopes to continue to do so for years to come. Enjoy!

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Glad I only paid 99 cents

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021

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After reading so many gushing reviews with words like thrilling, fast paced, and scary popping up repeatedly, I was looking forward to an exciting ghost story. It feels like I read a totally different book then these other reviewers.

At almost 400 pages this thing plods along like a three legged tortoise. My first time reading this author but he's way too wordy for me. Redundant sentences like "he stared ahead at the wall where a window shaped silhouette had formed on the wall" abound here. POV changes often, sometimes from one paragraph to another, making it tricky to figure out who's actually talking.

The base concept is good, with a family moving into a huge manor with a mysterious locked door in the basement. Strange things start occurring, and I was curious to see where this would end up. Nowhere really interesting as it turned out. The author provides no good reason why the family continue to remain at the house when members start getting painfully sick and a horrible death stench bad enough to make them gag permanently resides there. Makes no sense, much like most of this novel.

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Stiffy

Wordy, hard to follow, and DNF 💔

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2021

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I was looking forward to reading this book because of all of the hype.

Also, I enjoy branching out and getting to know a new (to me) author, their work, and writing style.

Unfortunately, this is only the second book I have ever DNF and I had to stop at 19% in. The style of the book reads very YA which is not a bad thing but not typically a style that I enjoy.

There are so many grammatical errors and typos that it is a struggle to get through.

Here is an example of what I am referring to:

"When they reached the backyard, Richard out the back door, hose in hand, having snaked it all the way through the house."

Another sentence that took me several times reading is:

"The realtor, or whoever would be in charge of something like that, would have had to have had painted the yard days, maybe even weeks ago."

Every sentence has been overly descriptive or very wordy which makes the story difficult to follow.

There are also overlooked errors such as the mom saying they are in the room next to Trevor and then later saying Toby is in the room next door... even though Toby's room is down the hall?

Or the uncle going through a very wordy and descriptive check of the light bulb in the basement and making the determination the bulb is fine and the wiring is bad and then going to town with Richard to buy new light bulbs... a whole box in case there are more bulbs that are bad.

There are too many misses with attention to detail and poorly worded sentences to will me to continue.

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Mary Stephenson

A Wicked, Fun Ride

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021

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This is a really clever book. It's it a haunted house? Maybe. A haunted town? Maybe. Good versus evil? Mostly. Except in the end the good guys and the bad aren't always clear and that makes it fun. It does sort itself out a bit and you think you know what's happening and who can and can't be trusted. But it's never completely clear until it's revealed. The atmosphere is creepy, the characters are unpredictable. It's like a Goosebumps for grownups only with a much more intense story. It was a pretty wild ride! I'm off to read another book by this author because he definitely delivers.

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CJBH

Darn good haunted house mystery!

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022

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This is now the second book by Patrick Reuman I've read...the other being The Adirondack Witch. I have discovered another indie author I really enjoy!

If you like a face paced, dark & creepy, haunted house thriller whose characters (especially the heroic kids in the tale) are fleshed out & realistically written, try this book!

I couldn't put it down until the dramatic/traumatic ending and plan to read more Patrick Reuman!

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021

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If you're a fan of the horror genre, if you know and chase the thrills of a good Stephen King scare or an ominous Peter Straub tale, you know the feeling you get when the pace is just breakneck and you can't help but stay up late in your bed with your blanket pulled up to your eyeballs as you read, scared out of your wits. That feeling that makes your pulse go crazy and any little noise in your house make you jump; You know the goosebumps and you love how they torment you.

THIS is where you can find all of that and more. I bought this book Monday evening and just finished it now on Tuesday night after not only binge-reading, but having massively nightmarish dreams about the content when I could close my eyes. While I had a few minor issues here and there with bits (I'm a writer, can't help it) this was brilliantly done for capturing the experience those that read horror want so desperately: The creeping dread and hideous feeling of what-in-the-hell-is-coming. If you're ready to curl up with a hot cup of tea and you're looking to scare the beejesus out of yourself, nab this book and turn all the lights in the house on, you won't regret it.

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mimib

Excellent read!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2021

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If you want a fast moving chiller of a story then this is the book for you! Artfully written and suspenseful, there isn't a dull moment in this read. I love that it's written for both adults and kids 10 and up. Patrick Reuman is on his way to becoming the next big name in horror!

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robin benell

Can a house be alive?

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021

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This story was so scary! I loved the characters and the spooky evil that animated from the town! Very well written and I couldn’t stop reading it!

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021

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Very well written, fast paced haunted house story.

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Laura

Unputdownable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2021

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This horror story is so fast paced and intriguing that it’ll have you turning the pages long after you meant to go to sleep. I’d keep reading until the words were dancing in front of my eyes because I wanted to know what happened next. Look forward to reading more from this author.

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Eoghain O'Keeffe

Creepy, haunted house horror

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2021

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This is a good, creepy story and is easily the best book I have read by Patrick Reuman. It draws you in with interesting and likeable character before putting them in some very difficult and uncomfortable situations! If you liked James Herbert's 'Secret of Crickley Hall' or the recent Netflix show 'Haunting of Bly Manor' then I recommend A PLACE SO WICKED.

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Quite spooky!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2021

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This story was told from the perspective of three teenages and was probably aimed at a young adult audience. That said, it turned out to be quite an enjoyable, if highly improbable, story. Not just one haunted house but an entire town and it's population. A fast moving tale and well worth reading, even if you are a cynical old devil like me.

D E McCluskey

Dark, atmospheric, and smelly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2021

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Yeah… I felt the sickness, I felt the tension, the paranoia, the otherworldliness of it all… I could smell the basement.

I enjoyed this book very much, I will be looking out for more from this author.

sarah

What the heck…

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2022

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I really don’t understand the hype for this book. It’s so badly written, doesn’t make any sense and ends so suddenly that you’re just left looking at the last page like…okay? Then what? I had to force myself to finish this book in the hopes that it got better or the ending was worth it but I was so bitterly disappointed.

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