Gilchrist: A Novel

By: Christian Galacar

Narrated by: Kevin Clay

Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

"If you like Stephen King or Dean Koontz you will like this story." (Sunny DuPree)

Bag of Bones meets Stranger Things....

Gilchrist is as beautiful as it is terrifying - a novel of mounting suspense, with an unsettlingly human heart at its core...black as it may be.

Two years after losing their infant son to a tragic accident, Peter Martell, a novelist with a peculiar knack for finding lost things, and his wife, Sylvia, are devastated to learn they may no longer be able to have children. In need of a fresh start, and compelled by strange dreams, the couple decide to rent a lake house in the idyllic town of Gilchrist, Massachusetts, a place where bad things might just happen for a reason. As bizarre events begin to unfold around them - a chance encounter with a gifted six-year-old boy, a series of violent deaths, and repeated sightings of a strange creature with a terrifying nature - Peter and Sylvia are drawn into the chaos and soon discover that coming to Gilchrist may not have been their decision at all.

Set against a small New England town in the summer of 1966, Gilchrist is a sinister tale about the haunting origins of violence, evil, and the undying power of memory.

©2017 Christian Galacar (P)2018 Christian Galacar

Enjoyed it

if you like Stephen King, you'll enjoy this one! it kept me interested until the end

Deeply disturbing and thoughtfully written

It’s been a while since a book has genuinely gotten under my skin, but this one certainly did the job! A slow burn with plenty of character development that only serves to better humanize the victims of the town’s ancient evil, this is a great new story for fans of Jackson and early King.

Story development

I really like all the different characters and the way they are connected with everyone.

More Koontz than King, but great nonetheless

The storyline was solid and the writing spot on. I suffer from cognitive difficulties which result in me only able to finish about 10% of the books i start. Had no effect on my ability to finish this one tho, i kept turning the pages. (This is quite a big deal for me, before injury i could read at least one novel a week, a couple on lazy weekends.) The book was more eerie than terrifying, at least in my opinion, but gripping either way.
My only complaint was that there were certain characters i wiggle have loved to been able to get to know better, and i wish those would have been flushed out more. But, hey, maybe he'll address that in a follow up book? One can only hope.

Pretty good story lousy ending

Not a fan of the narrator and the story really has some scary elements and kept me wanting to listen but the story just sort of fizzled out. Spoiler alert. Pretty much everyone dies in the end. Not a criticism particularly of the book, I just hate when everyone dies in the end.

Decent listen.

The story was entertaining but I found that there was a lot going on. I was left wishing the author focused on just a couple of characters rather than so many other minor characters. Because of this, I couldn’t really care about the main characters - they didn’t make much of an appearance.

Originality and good story telling

I've listened to this story twice. It's worth a credit. Long listen but I was never bored of lost.

Creepy Town

I did enjoy the book started out as Peter and Sylvia has to get away after the death of their son. The more you met the town’s character the stranger it gets. There is an ancient evil taking over the ordinary people making them murder and torment people. There was good character development. My only question was why didn’t Peter and Sylvia leave before something happen (do not want to give a spoiler) and narration was good. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you

Something is wrong in the small town of Gilchrist

Something is wrong in the small town of Gilchrist, Massachusetts. Very wrong. Something is lurking just beneath the surface of the quint little town facade. Its starting to break thru.

Again.

There was a lot going on in this one. It must have been interesting to narrate and Mr. Clay nailed it. So much so that I am bumping it to all the stars all the wya around. Well done.

First rate

I loved this book, and if you are a Stephen King fan, you'll love it, too. Great character development, good main plot, and enough sub-plots to keep things interesting.