Review: Beast In View

Beast In View by Margaret Millar
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Beast in View, by Margaret Millar, is a somewhat entertaining thriller that suffers a bit from the ravages of age. The central plot, involving a young woman receiving threatening calls from someone she knew when she was younger, has been done many times since this was written, and the eventual outcome is obvious fairly quickly, although there are some attempts by Millar to conceal the nature of the antagonist, most readers won't have any trouble deducing the nature of the conflict fairly quickly.

The characters themselves are a little on the thin side, but Millar does pack a lot of atmosphere into a small package. Even after I was sure I knew what was coming, I continued to read, just for the pulpy writing. I'm not sure I could recommend seeking this out, but I wouldn't tell anyone to avoid it, either.


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