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Title: Second Child
ISBN: 0553452797
Author:
John Saul
Publicate Date: 1991-06-01
Publish: 1991-06-01
List Price: $15.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Audio Cassette
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1: One of the best spooky writers
If you're in need of some spookiness but don't have the time to read a Stephen King book,John Saul's one of the best! His books are usually short, easy to read (unlike Koontz for which you need a dictionary or the wordiness of King) He is one of my favorites and this book is on my top 5 list of his!!!
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2: The Second-Rate Child
Judging by the other reviews, this is a well-liked and very celebrated book. I'm glad people enjoyed it, because I sure didn't. I don't like being so hard on a book, but frankly, this one earned it.
This is, by far, the WORST book I have ever read. Boring, predictable, and badly written, it is an utter slog from front to finish. The plot was intriguing enough that I kept reading it instead of giving up as I desperately wanted to (and should have), hoping that something would happen at some point, but... it never did. The story slowly builds over a few hundred pages (and I do mean slowly) and then just peters out. The almost non-existent near-instantaneous resolution to the story was not worth the pain reading this absolute mess of a work caused me. I will most certainly avoid John Saul in the future.
The sad thing is, I think this could have been a great book if it had a different editor, and it definitely needed a better ending. As it was there were too many insignificant details that bogged the story down rather than moving it forward, and what could've been an incredible story about ghosts, abuse, possession, and centuries-old revenge instead is just... horrible, and not in the ways you want a horror book to be!!
If you like a plot with no resolution, poor writing, and stories in which nothing ever happens, this is the book for you. For the rest of us: move on. The only thing that makes this a "horror" novel is how scary it is that something this awful actually got published.
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3: Anywhere Anytime
Knowing John Saul very little, and being more into James Patterson books, I was a little apprehensive at first, but after reading the first chapter I couldn't put it down.
Anyone who likes murder, paranormality, emotional reading, or the feeling to have to look over your shoulder, this is perfect. I have read this twice now and it gets better the more you read it. I have read alot of murderous and supernatural books, and this has been the best for me by far.
I am recommending this to everyone. read it anytime, anywhere. just don't have a guilty consience if you read it at night.
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4: Very good triller
One on the best John Saul's thrillers. As usual everything mind-twisted and only at end you find out the truth, but everything is around smth mysterious and paranormal.
Great book to read and spend time.
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5: Well-written
Another one of John Saul books that was very engaging. When Teri's parents died in a house fire, she moves in with her father(Charles), step-mother(Phyllis), and half-sister(Melissa). At first everything is going well for Teri. Although Teri is treated like gold by her step-mother, Melissa is being abused by ner mother. One night Teri witnesses the punishment Phyllis imposes on Melissa.
After that night Teri creates a sinister plan to get rid of Melissa and taking her rightful place as the daughter of the Halloway Household.
This story really draws you in and makes you feel for the characters that are on the recieving end of Teri and Phyllis's wrathe. If you are looking for one of those books that are impossible to put down, this is it!
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