Comes the Blind Fury
by John Saul
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Author: John SaulEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-06-01
ISBN: 0440114756
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: Suspenseful and creepy but ultimately unsatisfying...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my third or fourth Saul novel and again I find myself a little disappointed. I like his writing style. He writes in a clear, compelling way and his work is really suspenseful and engaging. (You have to give the guy that. He can write a page-turner.) It's just that I never feel very satisfied when I finish one of his books. For me, the horror elements seem too watered down and ambiguous. And often times, they seem to conclude in a Scooby Doo kind of way. (A quick, pat explanation with the suggestion perhaps nothing supernatural ever occured.)COMES THE BLIND FURY has a pretty creepy premise and I had high hopes for it: a young blind girl in the 1800's is accidentally killed when a group of cruel children tease her and she falls to her death from a cliff. More than a century later, a family moves into The House and their adopted daughter, Michelle, begins to have visions of the blind girl, Amanda. Over time, Michelle grows closer to what her parents think is an imaginary friend, but what Michelle considers a real person that appears to her out of darkness and fog. Soon, the lives of Michelle and Amanda start to mirror each other when Michelle is injured and becomes a cripple. Children begin to tease her and she finds herself turning to Amanda as her only friend. But Amanda wants revenge for the laughter she heard as she fell to her death that day. And using Michelle "for her eyes", she starts to kill. (Or does she? Perhaps Michelle is simply disturbed. It's suggested as a possibility.) As children die in mysterious accidents, the family begins to unravel, and the town turns against them... I actually enjoyed this book more than Saul's other novels I've tried, but to me his work is kind of like a made-for-tv movie; sort of cheezy, melodramatic, and without any real graphic horror. I'm giving it 3.5 stars because it was definitely a page turner and had a creepy premise, but I don't know if I'll try any more of his work. Maybe my expectations as a horror fan are just too high (or jaded), but Saul doesn't deliver for me.
Summary of Comes the Blind Fury
A century ago, a gentle blind girl walked the cliffs of Paradise Point. Then the children came -- taunting, teasing -- until she lost her footing and fell, shrieking her rage to the drowning sea... Now Michelle has come from Boston to live in the big house on Paradise Point. She is excited about her new life, ready to make new friends... until a hand reaches out of the swirling mists -- the hand of blind child. She is asking for friendship... seeking revenge... whispering her name...Horror Books
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