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Superstition

Superstition

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best book I've read
Review: This is a very suspensful book.It has comady,romance and horror. I recomended it to 1,000 people. David writes very creative. Read this book and you will not regret it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't Miss this One!
Review: This is one of the best supernatural novels I have read in a long time. It is like a long episode of The Twilight Zone with a little Jack Finney (who the author repeatedly refers to) thrown in. The book theorizes that most paranormal activity is created from the mind and can be explained by things like telekinesis and mass hypnosis. Based on this a group of researchers believe that they can create a ghost. They go about creating a history of their ghost along with sketches of what he looked like. They are successful, however, something goes awry and what they unleash is pure evil and the reality they knew slowly begins to fade. Great characters too!

A real page-turner!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't Miss this One!
Review: This is one of the best supernatural novels I have read in a long time. It is like a long episode of The Twilight Zone with a little Jack Finney (who the author repeatedly refers to) thrown in. The book theorizes that most paranormal activity is created from the mind and can be explained by things like telekinesis and mass hypnosis. Based on this a group of researchers believe that they can create a ghost. They go about creating a history of their ghost along with sketches of what he looked like. They are successful, however, something goes awry and what they unleash is pure evil and the reality they knew slowly begins to fade. Great characters too!

A real page-turner!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the Best I've Read in Years
Review: This is one of the most interesting and terrifying books I have read in years. Brimming with fresh ideas and original characters, "Superstition" deserves to be read by anybody who loves smart, classy horror fiction. Unlike Bentley Little or, even worse, J.G. Passarella, Ambrose deserves all of the praise he gets. The most intriguing thing about "Superstition" is the basic premise that Ambrose formulates and then runs with: are ghosts real, or are they mearly an untapped part of our own minds? This may sound dry and unoriginal, but what Ambrose does with this premise results in a truly scary novel. Pass on some of the hacks out there, and read "Superstition". You will not be disappointed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fabulous!
Review: This was really a good book. It seemed to be going in one direction and then went in another direction altogether. Very thought-provoking, really. Highly recommended.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: intersting book
Review: well written and researche

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Genuinely Scary Book!! Highly Recommended!!
Review: What a find! Recommended to me by a friend, this riveting tale of the supernatural is a fabulous read and one of the best horror novels I've read in many years. Ambrose's style is very cinematic and I found myself ripping through the book at a breakneck pace. Most horror novels attempt to jam some silly premise down the reader's throat, while "Superstition" benefits from the extensive research that obviously must have been employed in its creation. In the end, the story feels like it was based on real events, in part due to the wonderfully three-dimensional characters that populate the novel. It sure scared the hell out of me. Can't wait for Ambrose's next one, as he's a terrific writer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Engrossing and truly spooky
Review: Wow! After reading a bunch of junky, not scary, badly written horror novels recently, I'm happy to report that this one is a keeper and well worth your time if you like horror or ghost stories. The opening is not great, and it takes about 30 or 40 pages to get going, but once it does, it's full steam ahead. Despite the fact that it is based on a real case of psychic experimentation, I didn't believe a word of the scientific justification presented here. Thankfully, that didn't stop me from enjoying this on a pulp horror level, with strong and clear writing and interesting characters. This will make a great movie someday, but read it first. It kept reminding me of Rosemary's Baby (perhaps my favorite modern horror novel outside of the books of Stephen King), not so much because of plot similarities, but because of general atmosphere--and the fact that Levin's novel is referred to directly a couple of times. Highly recommended.


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