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Summary: Very good book, but I wouldn't call it horror
Review: I bought this book because I heard that John Saul was a great horror novelist. I wouldn't call this book a horror. It is a great story and a great book, but I wouldn't call it horror. The book didn't scare me like I was expecting. Instead I found myself wondering who was who and who was good and bad (kind of like a mystery novel). I'm not saying that this book is bad, I just don't know why it was in the horror section of the book store. I would totally recommend this book. I think that it is very gripping and there is lots of suspence. If you are up for a suspenceful read, this is a great book to turn to.
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Summary: EXCELLENT PLOT, BUT ABOUT THAT POV
Review: I give "Darkness" only three stars mainly for it's being written in a third person omniscient viewpoint (teller is all knowing). It simply made the story difficult to read in many instances, and while third person omiscient is not exactly outside the norm, it is rather rare. Handled properly it can make for a very enlightening read. However, in the case of "Darkness," I couldn't help but feel jolted by the writing style, almost as though I were watching a tennis match. . .the book seemed to "clunk" from character to character, and sometimes often repeated each of their thoughts in adjoining paragraphs, making some passages seem almost trifled and monotonous. Nonetheless, the premise was good, the plot excellent. And, for the most part, the book still was able to be chalked up as a pleasant read--despite it's jerkiness.
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Summary: this is a supurb book!
Review: i liked this book because it kept you,for lack of better words, on the edge of your seat!
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Summary: Darkness
Review: In the deepest part of the Florida swamps there is a crazy man who is stealing youth from "the dark children" and giving it to the men of the swamp to live forever. The babies are being kidnapped and given up to this crazy man as an offering of the purest evil. The son of the dark man and this punk girl who got away are the only ones who give the swamps a chance to overcome this evil. Upon this punk girls return, everything starts to get scary. She's tried to commit suicide because she keeps seeing this man in her dreams and in the mirrors behind her, but she dosen't understand any of it. When she returns to the Florida swamps she eerily knows her way around then and is not frightened by all the dangers within, though they could kill her or anyone else at any time. She has problems, her adoptive parents dont realize that she's been temporarily possessed, and she dosen't want to admit that she really does need help. Michael dosen't realize that he's in deeper than everyone else, that he's the only one who can start the cycle of rebirth to give the swamp children their youth back. The swamp holds evils, and evils that contain good. The women of the swamp hold the keys that everyone is looking for, but who will find them? Judd Duval and the old woman may not hold all the answers, in fact i assure you, there is much more to it than that.This book is filled with a lot of questions and suspense. You want to know what's going to happen long before you get to find out. John Saul is a matermind of horror, an incredible writer, and a genius in creating the fictional human mind. Once you pick this book up, i guarantee you'll have a hard time not staying up until two in the morning to finish it, it's incredible.
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Summary: Darkness
Review: In the deepest part of the Florida swamps there is a crazy man who is stealing youth from "the dark children" and giving it to the men of the swamp to live forever. The babies are being kidnapped and given up to this crazy man as an offering of the purest evil. The son of the dark man and this punk girl who got away are the only ones who give the swamps a chance to overcome this evil. Upon this punk girls return, everything starts to get scary. She's tried to commit suicide because she keeps seeing this man in her dreams and in the mirrors behind her, but she dosen't understand any of it. When she returns to the Florida swamps she eerily knows her way around then and is not frightened by all the dangers within, though they could kill her or anyone else at any time. She has problems, her adoptive parents dont realize that she's been temporarily possessed, and she dosen't want to admit that she really does need help. Michael dosen't realize that he's in deeper than everyone else, that he's the only one who can start the cycle of rebirth to give the swamp children their youth back. The swamp holds evils, and evils that contain good. The women of the swamp hold the keys that everyone is looking for, but who will find them? Judd Duval and the old woman may not hold all the answers, in fact i assure you, there is much more to it than that.This book is filled with a lot of questions and suspense. You want to know what's going to happen long before you get to find out. John Saul is a matermind of horror, an incredible writer, and a genius in creating the fictional human mind. Once you pick this book up, i guarantee you'll have a hard time not staying up until two in the morning to finish it, it's incredible.
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Summary: Good but fictitious
Review: Kelly and her family had just moved from Atlanta to a small town in Florida called Villejeune where her adoptive parents, the Andersons, were originally from. Her parents took her to this little town to save her from the wild city that they thought caused Kelly to attempt suicide. What they did not know was that Kelly was seeing a dark man in her dreams and in the mirror. Kelly was afarid to tell her parents because she believed they would think she was crazy. Her parents took her to this nice quiet town without knowing that Kelly, along with all the newborn babies from the town, had her youth taken from her by the Dark Man. The Dark Man would take the youth of all these innocent children to conserve himslef and other men young forever. However, Kelly found a very special new friend that made her feel safe from the world and the Dark Man. Together they will fight against all those who took their youth from them to get it back. John Soul used very descriptive language in this thriller. It was easy for the reader to picture the scenes full of suspense throughout the novel. The author hooks the reader with his dynamic and exciting fiction. Darkness has very good qualities; however, it was too fictitious. If youth could be taken from children, everyone would be immortal, not only those who are evil.
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Summary: The darkness begins
Review: Kelly, a 16 years old girl, grew up in Orlando. She has hallucinations of a dark, strange men. She decides to make an end of the hallucinations......and her own life! It didn't turn out the way Kelly wanted it to be and she survives. Her parents think it might be better, for kelly, to move to a little village, villejeune. Unfortunetly kelly doesn't get less problems, Villejeune is where the trouble begins.Darkness is one of the best books i ever read. After opening the book and beginning at the first page, John Saul leaves you in an exciting adventure. You don't want to stop reading anymore, because the book holds your attention till the end. Even if you're not a horror/thriller fan you will be thrilled by this. After all it's a wonderfull book and I recommend it to everyone!
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Summary: Good but fictitious
Review: Riveting, exciting, terrifying, these words don't really describe this novel's complex and chilling events. The events which take place in John Saul's Darkness, is recognizably haunting. The fear you feel while reading about the characters, holds you from beginning to end. And as demented as this may sound, I personally hated when the book ended.
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Summary: Spellbound
Review: Riveting, exciting, terrifying, these words don't really describe this novel's complex and chilling events. The events which take place in John Saul's Darkness, is recognizably haunting. The fear you feel while reading about the characters, holds you from beginning to end. And as demented as this may sound, I personally hated when the book ended.
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Summary: THE BEST
Review: This book was absolutely the best book I have ever read. I love the way Saul makes you try to figure out who was taking the children. I was left wondering if Kelly was really Sharon and Dr. Phillips was really the Dark Man. I have said too much already. If you want to know more, you better read it immediately. The book will make you want to read it over and over again. I am a victim of the suspense of this book!
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