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Mirror (1987)

door Graham Masterton

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It is said that a mirror can trap a person's soul... Martin Williams is a broke, two-bit screenwriter living in Hollywood, but when he finds the very mirror that once hung in the house of a murdered 1930s child star, he happily spends all he has on it. He has long obsessed over the tragic story of Boofuls, a beautiful and successful actor who was slaughtered and dismembered by his grandmother. However, he soon discovers that this dream buy is in fact a living nightmare; the mirror was not only in Boofuls house, but witness to the death of this blond-haired and angelic child, which in turn has created a horrific and devastating portal to a hellish parallel universe. So when Martin's landlord loses his grandson it is soon apparent that the mirror is responsible. But if a little boy has gone into the mirror, what on earth is going to come out?… (meer)
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Backstory:

Martin Williams is obsessed with everything and anything that had belonged to a child movie star named Boofuls that was murdered in the 1930's as he has his home decorated with different memorabilia from the actor. So when he has the opportunity to buy a mirror that had hung in the child star's home Martin cannot refuse to buy it as he wants to add it to his collection.

Though Martin finds out quickly that "something" is not right with the mirror as things seem to be reflected differently in the mirror than in the real world. Martin "thinks" he sees Boofuls in the mirror, but he puts it down to his imagination as how could the child star be in the mirror when he was supposed to have been murdered.

When Martin tests out the mirror by throwing a tennis ball at the mirror he is shocked when the tennis ball disappears into the mirror and another ball is shot out into his world. Martin begins to wonder if maybe the soul of Boofuls is inside the mirror and he was not imagining things after all. Things go from bad to worse when the landlord's son, Emilio disappears and Martin fears that the mirror snatched Emilio as what else could have happened to him, but his fears are confirmed when another boy steps out into the real world that looks to be an exact replica of "Boofuls".

That is about all I can give on a backstory and if you want to know more about this story then you will need to read the book!

Thoughts:

This is my first time reading [a:Graham Masterton|10275|Graham Masterton|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1250596895p2/10275.jpg] and I do not know why I haven't stepped into his world yet as I know he has been around a long time. I wish I had stepped into him long before now as this book was awesome and the flow of the story just kept me moving at a fast pace. The story is wrapped up with not only disappearances of things and characters, but the story is also wrapped tight within the occult as well.

There were some scary parts and there are tons of descriptive details of different things that happen within the story. There is a downside to the story that I wasn't happy about as pets are involved in some descriptive scenes that have to do with the mirror. But other than that the rest of the book kept me on the edge of my seat and I literally read a 400 page book within 48 hours!

There was never a dull moment within this book and the author keeps the intrigue of the mirror at an all time high as one thing after another happens to the characters that come in contact with the mirror. I literally have more books by this author that I will be stepping into at some point in time as I am now a Masterton fan! Giving this one five Nightmare Mirror World stars! ( )
  BookNookRetreat7 | Jul 25, 2022 |
So, this was a fucking blast! I have never read anything by Masterton before, and now I must read everything! The nostalgia was so perfect for me, set in the 80's he talked about the A-Team, Knight Rider all my faves as a kid. But there was also mention of big Hollywood musicals in the 1930's, which I also love. And super detailed grisly unbelievable death scenes! Love those too! I'm eclectic, fight me!

There was occult lore, theology, good vs evil on a huge scale, and a scary mirror. Perfection!

HUGE trigger warning for animal harm, like really huge. But you can skim/ skip those parts and not lose any important info.

Still laughing at myself for literally clutching my pearls (well my Tshirt anyway) during a few scenes in this book. Recommend this one so hard! ( )
  Halestormer78 | May 15, 2022 |
I really liked this book. It was a fun read. Kinda campy in sections but fit the overall style of the book. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a horror book that doesn't have the usual zombie/vampire/monster antagonist. ( )
  Drunken-Otter | Aug 20, 2021 |
Graham masterton is a definite wordsmith! An artist of his craft. Very descriptive and gets your imagination running wild! If you like thrillers, mysteries, and horror novels this is the book for you! And definitely a recommended author for those genres. ( )
  pageflipper84 | Aug 19, 2014 |
Mirror starts out all right, with a mysterious mirror and a little dead boy reflected inside it. But it quickly degenerates into the ridiculous, involving a plot to put together Satan’s body and bring it back to life, with some gross stuff involving people cutting out their own tongues and getting devoured by Satan’s penis. Sorry, but I just couldn’t buy it. Maybe I was laughing so hard I forgot to be scared. ( )
  sturlington | Feb 24, 2012 |
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It is said that a mirror can trap a person's soul... Martin Williams is a broke, two-bit screenwriter living in Hollywood, but when he finds the very mirror that once hung in the house of a murdered 1930s child star, he happily spends all he has on it. He has long obsessed over the tragic story of Boofuls, a beautiful and successful actor who was slaughtered and dismembered by his grandmother. However, he soon discovers that this dream buy is in fact a living nightmare; the mirror was not only in Boofuls house, but witness to the death of this blond-haired and angelic child, which in turn has created a horrific and devastating portal to a hellish parallel universe. So when Martin's landlord loses his grandson it is soon apparent that the mirror is responsible. But if a little boy has gone into the mirror, what on earth is going to come out?

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