A creepy page Turner, a good and happy child weaves together a disturbed man's past and present in an effort to understand why he has rejected his newborn son. The protagonist George Davies, on the request of his therapist, writes a number of journals detailing the shocking childhood events relating to the death of his own father many years earlier. Progression of the magazines is that Evans has no ordinary story of grief and loss, but a supernatural horror, laced with demonic possession, poltergeist activity, and a mysterious murder written clearly to the reader. The reader is left to decide whether George magazines show the delusions of a troubled child, or something deeper and darker.
A good and happy child is a gripping book. Evans writing technique is deceptively simple and incredibly readable; his style allows an examination of the classic horror themes without apparent clich?d or predictable. Particularly inventive, the author's description is void-land in the young George's ' friend ' him early in their sinister relationship, takes a place "warm and lively, grey and Dick" displays human souls as light Windows on a huge battleship. Evans used this descriptive ability to encapsulate by childish fear and easily convinces the reader of the youth of the Narrator to impress his unreliability and its nature. George young is a pity friends, or well-written from otherworldly influence than a sign need, help and protection to himself, his well-meaning adults and it becomes clear that he receives nothing the tragic nature of this sign is increased. A good character in a sea of less good characters, young George shines and is a beacon for the neglect which troubled children and mismanagement can do damage by demons and delusions.
However, there were shortcomings. Undeniably, a readable book, Evans has created a rather one-dimensional page Turner. There are brilliantly written a distinct lack of land, and that young George is a cast of characters has overshadowed: the hippie, spiritual psychoanalyst, the academic feminist and the homosexual art Professor quotes spill. The other characters, especially George's mother and her partner Kurt, remain without a degree of depth, which would have made richer the novel. In addition, the supernatural scenes lacked punch and created only the final image of the "daemon" nothing really spine-cooling. For a book than advertised "incredibly frightening and weakening..." (Brad Meltzer), not too much supply there, which was truly frightening.
Overall, in spite of shortcomings of the novel a good and happy child is a pleasant read. If you're looking for a really eerie supernatural horror story, it would be best to avoid, Evans novel. However, if you want something, readable, well-written and with plenty of room for interpretations audience, a good and happy child may be just for you.
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