![]() ![]() ![]() Adam Snow seemed naive and weak and too out of touch with the century he inhabits to be interesting enough for me to care about. Yet, as the story unfolded, I found that I could not connect. “The Small Hand is filled with foreboding and the sense of some foul deed from the past rippling through present, demanding an accounting.If this appeals to you (as it seemed to appeal to most of the posh press reviewers) then you will find this book well written and plotted with the same sense of inevitability that you find in an M R James story like “Casting The Runes” The pace of the disclosure and the sensibility of Adam Snow, the main protagonist, are reminiscent of Wilkie Collins’ “The Woman In White”, innovative and gripping in 1859 but received differently today. It is a slight tale of deep dread instilled by an encounter with a supernatural “small hand” that pulls the man it touches towards terror and panic. Perhaps because of this, the novel never quite made contact with my emotions or my imagination. ![]() Although “The Small Hand” was published in 2010 and has a contemporary setting, it has the feel of something from another time. ![]()
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