Nightshade

Rating:
Summary: Frightening
Review: I've never read Saul before, but I am pretty certain that I'll read him again. This was a terrifying book full of suspense and twists that kept me turning pages. Unlike many suspense novels I've read, this book doesn't waste much time before it starts getting creepy. Things happen early often in this book. And each time I was sure I had it figured out, Saul blindsided me with a new wrinkle. Great book. Highly recommended for suspense/horror fans.

Rating:
Summary: What is wrong with this guy?
Review: I have read a couple of John Saul books now and have noticed a certain pattern. It goes like this; start with a happy family. Something happens to happy family. They have to move in with an irritable or evil extended family member, and a ghost appears, attacks the pre-teen child, and absolutly destroys the nice life they had. Did Mr. Saul have an unhappy childhood? He has explored this "idea" with "Nathanial", "Second Child" and now "Nightshade" Many of the charactors are so bigited that they are hard to understand and impossible to like, and the victoms are so slow to catch on to what is happening that they are hard to identify with. Was there anything in this book I liked? Yes, the lawyer, Mr. Wayneright seems like a perfectly normal and level headed man. But the whole book is so dark and depressing that I can't recomend it to anyone. Sorry guys.