Blair Witch: The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr

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Summary: What is the truth?
Review: By now, we are supposed to know that The Blair Witch Project is not real. But they keep adding to the story-books, cable "faux" documentaries, a second movie, and a third film (prequel) on the way. If any of this were true, I think we would have heard about it on a show like Unsolved Mysteries. Anyway, The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr gives us more questions than the answers we want. A former priest has decided to reveal privileged information (i.e. the title).

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Summary: Confession does not clear the real truth.
Review: First , Rustin Parr may have been apart of the murders. The day Father Cazale saw Kyle Brody brought home by Parr, with a box, waiting to speak to his father, that when it all began. The coldness Kyle has for Rustin, the way Kyle, was the only one who was going into the woods late, doing awful things. It seems kind of stupied to not think because of the testiomy Kyle gave on Dec.5,1940, that was it!! The boy knew those woods, he only survived because he helped kill all those kids. Parr told him as he stood in the corner" Don't worry, I'll bring more". Hey. why not pin all of it on Parr? Kyle knew he was boy, so believable. But, how did he die? how did he live his life? He should have hanged with Parr, and a confession, should of been asked befor he knew life full of guilt, was too much to bare! Who says a child can not work among the evil?

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Summary: A Fine Addition To The Blair Witch Mythology.
Review: I bought this book thinking it would, indeed, contain the "Secret Confession of Rustin Parr". As another reviewer said, it skirts that issue neatly. Author D.A. Stern does, however, deliver an interesting mystery, and makes it fit with all of the other facts in the Blair Witch "History". The book keeps the prerequisite amount of ambiguity, and as in all other Blair Witch products, there are many ways one could interpret the events depicted. Overall, it's a good read, if a tad quick. Stern manages to deliver some truly creepy moments, and the ending does pack a punch. I'd recommend potential readers check out Stern's Blair Witch Project: A Dossier, and the video The Massacre of the Burkittsville Seven beforehand, though, as both are heavily referenced throughout the book.

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Summary: A Fine Addition To The Blair Witch Mythology.
Review: I bought this book thinking it would, indeed, contain the "Secret Confession of Rustin Parr". As another reviewer said, it skirts that issue neatly. Author D.A. Stern does, however, deliver an interesting mystery, and makes it fit with all of the other facts in the Blair Witch "History". The book keeps the prerequisite amount of ambiguity, and as in all other Blair Witch products, there are many ways one could interpret the events depicted. Overall, it's a good read, if a tad quick. Stern manages to deliver some truly creepy moments, and the ending does pack a punch. I'd recommend potential readers check out Stern's Blair Witch Project: A Dossier, and the video The Massacre of the Burkittsville Seven beforehand, though, as both are heavily referenced throughout the book.

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Summary: Good read during fall
Review: I have to say I was somewhat dissapointed. I really was looking for something scary and somewhat graphic. But this really was a backdrop to the film. Therefore, with that in mind, I believe the content needed to be tamed since a younger audience may have been interested in reading it. However, it is not a total sham. I enjoyed getting into the book, it was a quick read, and over all, I was no worse off for it. I just wish I would have been provided with a little more description of what went on. But then again, the movie left everything to the imagination. So it should only follow that this book does the same. Not a bad read, certainly something worth checking out at the library.

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Summary: Good read during fall
Review: I have to say I was somewhat dissapointed. I really was looking for something scary and somewhat graphic. But this really was a backdrop to the film. Therefore, with that in mind, I believe the content needed to be tamed since a younger audience may have been interested in reading it. However, it is not a total sham. I enjoyed getting into the book, it was a quick read, and over all, I was no worse off for it. I just wish I would have been provided with a little more description of what went on. But then again, the movie left everything to the imagination. So it should only follow that this book does the same. Not a bad read, certainly something worth checking out at the library.

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Summary: death and destuctoin
Review: In the blair witch book the authar tryed to make the reader feel as if they were there.the authar tryed to put thing just like people say they hapened and were thought to happen.In the book there were thing compareing the book,movie and what was said to of happened in real life.The parts of the books that i really like was when they whent out in wood to see what they could find and when they sarted to interview poelpe to see wha t they knew and thought.but most of alli thought it was a good book for poeple who are into things like that.

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Summary: Two words: cree-pee!
Review: Short, sweet, and very chilling, this novel expands nicely upon the Blair Witch backstory presented in the movie, but does so in a way that shouldn't require readers to have actually seen the film. (At least, that's my guess; it's hard to be sure, since I have seen the film.) Author DA Stern demonstrates more than a mere understanding of the Blair Witch fictional mythos with this story; he clearly understands that what made the original movie so creepily effective was its "less is more" approach to horror. This novel uses the same philosophy; what it tells us about former priest Dominic Cazale and accused serial murderer of children Rustin Parr isn't half as scary as what it doesn't tell us. Like the previous Blair Witch spin-offs, the comics collected in the Blair Witch Chronicles book, fans of the movie should find more of what they enjoyed in this novel. Between this book and the comics, I'm pleased enough that I want to give the Blair Witch Files books a try!

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Summary: Two words: cree-pee!
Review: Short, sweet, and very chilling, this novel expands nicely upon the Blair Witch backstory presented in the movie, but does so in a way that shouldn't require readers to have actually seen the film. (At least, that's my guess; it's hard to be sure, since I have seen the film.) Author DA Stern demonstrates more than a mere understanding of the Blair Witch fictional mythos with this story; he clearly understands that what made the original movie so creepily effective was its "less is more" approach to horror. This novel uses the same philosophy; what it tells us about former priest Dominic Cazale and accused serial murderer of children Rustin Parr isn't half as scary as what it doesn't tell us. Like the previous Blair Witch spin-offs, the comics collected in the Blair Witch Chronicles book, fans of the movie should find more of what they enjoyed in this novel. Between this book and the comics, I'm pleased enough that I want to give the Blair Witch Files books a try!

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Summary: A fine detective story, but who cares?
Review: The book amounts to a fine detective story by D.A. Stern, however it is lacking in one very essential ingrediant. You might expect a book titled "The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr" to actually contain that confession. Howecer, this book skirts the issue very finely. It left me with a need to go back and see if I had missed something. Good plotting and pacing, poor follow through, though.