Wait and See

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Summary: "Dem bones, dem bones, dey gonna rise..."
Review: Charlene Childress was always an odd child. She had this thing about breaking her dollies into little pieces. And intimidating her few friends. Then there was her playroom out in the barn - with the knife and the axe and the altar, and the goat head in the pentagram, where now and then one of the farm animals checked in as if into a roach motel, never to come out again.

Twenty-six years ago, fifteen year old Charlene talked one of her many boyfriends into a suicide pact - thought it would give her special powers, or some such thing. He killed her, all right - and then sobered-up and realized what he'd done. He chained up her corpse, real good, and snagged it under the roots of an old tree, beneath the river. He's tried to forget about it ever since, but, needless to say, it's haunted him into his adult life.

Charlene's mother always was convinced her daughter's boyfriend of that summer killed her. She's cozied-up to his family in the ensuing years, to lure them into living with her, so she can torture and murder his offspring as she's convinced he did hers...

This is an often highly unpleasant novel, a cross between the ugly child sadism of John Saul and the returning wraith plots of Peter Straub. The horror is effective, though essentially nonsensical - Charlene's skeleton returns to murder everyone she didn't like when the twisted girl was still alive, for some reason even taking a dislike to her treacherous mother (who is so much like her!). The title has no meaning whatsoever. Most of the action in the latter half of the book, when Charlene's wraith is out carving up old scores, is pretty random, and the story ends rather abruptly. But it's not bad, if you're just looking for a thing-going-bump-in-the-night book.

Happily, this book is out of print - not because it isn't worth reading, but because its original cover was luridly awful, and if they ever reprint it, that can only improve.

Rating:
Summary: "Dem bones, dem bones, dey gonna rise..."
Review: Charlene Childress was always an odd child. She had this thing about breaking her dollies into little pieces. And intimidating her few friends. Then there was her playroom out in the barn - with the knife and the axe and the altar, and the goat head in the pentagram, where now and then one of the farm animals checked in as if into a roach motel, never to come out again.

Twenty-six years ago, fifteen year old Charlene talked one of her many boyfriends into a suicide pact - thought it would give her special powers, or some such thing. He killed her, all right - and then sobered-up and realized what he'd done. He chained up her corpse, real good, and snagged it under the roots of an old tree, beneath the river. He's tried to forget about it ever since, but, needless to say, it's haunted him into his adult life.

Charlene's mother always was convinced her daughter's boyfriend of that summer killed her. She's cozied-up to his family in the ensuing years, to lure them into living with her, so she can torture and murder his offspring as she's convinced he did hers...

This is an often highly unpleasant novel, a cross between the ugly child sadism of John Saul and the returning wraith plots of Peter Straub. The horror is effective, though essentially nonsensical - Charlene's skeleton returns to murder everyone she didn't like when the twisted girl was still alive, for some reason even taking a dislike to her treacherous mother (who is so much like her!). The title has no meaning whatsoever. Most of the action in the latter half of the book, when Charlene's wraith is out carving up old scores, is pretty random, and the story ends rather abruptly. But it's not bad, if you're just looking for a thing-going-bump-in-the-night book.

Happily, this book is out of print - not because it isn't worth reading, but because its original cover was luridly awful, and if they ever reprint it, that can only improve.

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Summary: Another author added to my list
Review: I enjoyed this book and was pleasantly surprised to find that the author was willing to go beyond the norm of miraculously everyone makes it out safe. I enjoyed that I couldn't predict what would happen next. I couldn't put it down.

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Summary: READ IT NOW
Review: I, too, enjoyed this supernatural/sort-of-a-slasher type of a novel. A family moves into a house where of course all is not what it seems, especially when concerning the landlord. There isn't a dull moment in this fun and exciting novel. You'll turn the page as quickly as you can to find out how it all ends for everyone. Highly recommended.-----Martin Boucher

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Summary: Very Scary Read
Review: The title does not do justice to this book. It is one of the scarier horror novels I have read. Unfortunately, it is out of print now. One to look for on the used book store shelves.

Rating:
Summary: Very Scary Read
Review: The title does not do justice to this book. It is one of the scarier horror novels I have read. Unfortunately, it is out of print now. One to look for on the used book store shelves.

Rating:
Summary: Very Scary Read
Review: The title does not really give you an idea what its about but "Wait and See" how much you like it. It is one of the scarier horror novels I have read. Unfortunately, it is out of print now. One to look for on the used book store shelves.

Rating:
Summary: Very Scary Read
Review: The title does not really give you an idea what its about but "Wait and See" how much you like it. It is one of the scarier horror novels I have read. Unfortunately, it is out of print now. One to look for on the used book store shelves.

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Summary: The most terrifying book of revenge I have ever read...
Review: This is Ruby Jean Jensen's most captivating book - in my opinion. And since I maintain Ruby Jean's official website I consider myself to be somewhat of an "expert". This novel revolves around the concept of revenge - from beyond the grave. A skeleton exacts a terrifying, unthinkable revenge against an unsuspecting family. A tale you would be terrified to read alone at night... But yet a book that you cannot put down. -Aaron K. Thompson