Twist of Fate: The Locket

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Summary: Part 2 in The Blackstone Chronicles
Review: "Twist of Fate: The Locket," the second part in The Blackstone Chronicles, begins and ends with gory eviscerating scenes, the prologue being more shocking, in my opinion, of a mental patient at the Asylum being gutted to remove a silver locket, which later comes into play. The middle part of the story is bloodless, as it closely follows Jules Hartwick, president of the First National Bank of Blackstone, as he stresses over an audit, then becomes severely paranoid after finding the above-mentioned heart-shaped locket that he believes is a sign of his wife's infidelity. This is a good serial addition to the six-part Blackstone Chronicles, preceded by "An Eye for an Eye: The Doll" (#1) and succeeded by "Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame" (#3), "In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief" (#4), "Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope" (#5), and "Asylum" (#6). As a whole, "The Blackstone Chronicles" is one of my favorite John Saul books.

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Summary: Part 2 in The Blackstone Chronicles
Review: "Twist of Fate: The Locket," the second part in The Blackstone Chronicles, begins and ends with gory eviscerating scenes, the prologue being more shocking, in my opinion, of a mental patient at the Asylum being gutted to remove a silver locket, which later comes into play. The middle part of the story is bloodless, as it closely follows Jules Hartwick, president of the First National Bank of Blackstone, as he stresses over an audit, then becomes severely paranoid after finding the above-mentioned heart-shaped locket that he believes is a sign of his wife's infidelity. This is a good serial addition to the six-part Blackstone Chronicles, preceded by "An Eye for an Eye: The Doll" (#1) and succeeded by "Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame" (#3), "In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief" (#4), "Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope" (#5), and "Asylum" (#6). As a whole, "The Blackstone Chronicles" is one of my favorite John Saul books.

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Summary: Twist of Fate: The Locket
Review: A new curse has come upon Blackstone. Jules Hartwick finds a locket in his wifes car. He becomes very jealous and nervous thinking everyone is after him. Could the locket have something to do with the way he is acting or did he just have a nervous breakdown. Is Jules so insane he might kill? To find out you should read this book. It is one part of a great mystery unfolding in Blackstone. Who will be the next vivtim to this insanity that has befallen Blackstone.

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Summary: Lorena's spell on the locket
Review: Better than the first story in the Blackstone Chronicles. More frightening too because it didn't turn out as I expected. They did rush Jules into madness a little too fast. It would've been better if after he got "the locket" that he slowly became paranoid. Not in just one big dose. Still better than the first. --NA

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Summary: Not again!
Review: Dear Mr. Saul, the story itself is quite suitable for a horror-novel but why did you have to repeat exactly the same story as in part one? You just changed the gift, the family and the way the person(s) get killed. This is not enough. I hope this series improves soon..

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Summary: Light, but dark.
Review: I am not acustomed too reading horror books, so I may not do Saul justice with my critisism. I should also admit that this is the second book of his that I have read, so I can't dislike them that much. Still, Saul's prose is heavy and his use of adjectives excessive. The plot has some definite and obvious holes, which pull the reader out of the moment the author is trying to create. Apart from this, the book entertains. The story moves quickly and seems to cover all the requirements of the genre. It is not extrodinary, but I think that it would be just about right for a shortish plane ride

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Summary: This one was *even* better than the first (also good!).
Review: I read this in a couple of days, and I must say that the schmuck who wrote the review below ("Not Again!" was the title) was full of it. This book is only similar to the first because it has another gift being sent out to someone. Otherwise, it is *totally* different than the first, and is even pretty *scary* at times. I eagerly await #3, which I take will be even better. I can tell newcomers to this serial book this much: DO NOT LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS OF BOOKS!

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Summary: This one was *even* better than the first (also good!).
Review: I read this in a couple of days, and I must say that the schmuck who wrote the review below ("Not Again!" was the title) was full of it. This book is only similar to the first because it has another gift being sent out to someone. Otherwise, it is *totally* different than the first, and is even pretty *scary* at times. I eagerly await #3, which I take will be even better. I can tell newcomers to this serial book this much: DO NOT LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS OF BOOKS!

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Summary: Part 2 in The Blackstone Chronicles
Review: Judging from the Chronicle that preceded "The Locket," I was prepared for another "unscary" tale. I was pleasantly suprised. Unlike the first tale, this one built the intriguing plot beautifully, and I was very often in suspense. The idea of jealously driving a person to murder is terrifyingly worth reading about. However, this story is almost identical in nature to the first one, and I found some of the characters being a little too ignorant of their surroundings, and that made the story a bit unrealistic. But all in all, "The Locket" is a very refreshing tale.

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Summary: Refreshing, yet repetitive
Review: Judging from the Chronicle that preceded "The Locket," I was prepared for another "unscary" tale. I was pleasantly suprised. Unlike the first tale, this one built the intriguing plot beautifully, and I was very often in suspense. The idea of jealously driving a person to murder is terrifyingly worth reading about. However, this story is almost identical in nature to the first one, and I found some of the characters being a little too ignorant of their surroundings, and that made the story a bit unrealistic. But all in all, "The Locket" is a very refreshing tale.