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The Twilight Gate
Oct. 16th, 2008 08:37 pmIn other news, because if I don't do this right now while I recall it, it won't happen at all...
I was able to find a good condition copy of a book I loved as a child... "The Twilight Gate" by Rhondi Vilott Salsitz.
"Tortured by a guilty secret, fifteen-year-old George accidentally opens a gateway to another world, releasing forces for good and evil in the form of a unicorn and a horde of hairy beastlike creatures."
Being a naturally sensitive child... this book was one of those that gave me the shivers. The unicorn was clearly my draw... The book is not ultra-creepy, but the illustrator's pictures? Totally take the mood and ramps it up. Could not read it at night as a... okay, I was a teenager. Still couldn't read it at night. But read it last night, no problemo. It is not the end-all, be-all of storytelling, but it does have a lot of deeper themes than I realized, now reading with my adult perspective. I see very much what drew me to it. I am still super thrilled to own it, so I can continue to pull it out for a nice, quick read. <3
It makes me wonder... Would "The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral" be less creepy to me as an adult? Somehow I don't think so.... But I may have to find out.
I was able to find a good condition copy of a book I loved as a child... "The Twilight Gate" by Rhondi Vilott Salsitz.
"Tortured by a guilty secret, fifteen-year-old George accidentally opens a gateway to another world, releasing forces for good and evil in the form of a unicorn and a horde of hairy beastlike creatures."
Being a naturally sensitive child... this book was one of those that gave me the shivers. The unicorn was clearly my draw... The book is not ultra-creepy, but the illustrator's pictures? Totally take the mood and ramps it up. Could not read it at night as a... okay, I was a teenager. Still couldn't read it at night. But read it last night, no problemo. It is not the end-all, be-all of storytelling, but it does have a lot of deeper themes than I realized, now reading with my adult perspective. I see very much what drew me to it. I am still super thrilled to own it, so I can continue to pull it out for a nice, quick read. <3
It makes me wonder... Would "The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral" be less creepy to me as an adult? Somehow I don't think so.... But I may have to find out.
