Suffer the Children
by John Saul
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Book Reviews of Suffer the Children
Book Review: Creepy First Book From Saul.
Summary: 4 Stars
The main thing I think a lot of people forget when reading John Saul or Dean Koontz is, that any writer in this genre-whether they realize it or not-is going up against, Stephen King. Even if he hasn't got a current book out at the time, there's always that overpowering name of his. I think a lot of readers get into a Saul book and expect to be completely floored, and if the book is good, they write a crappy review because it didn't blow their mind like a King epic.
This was a good first book. The first half seemed as though Saul was a little slow finding the story, but the last half of this book was very good. Remember this is the guy who wrote Nathaniel, The Manhattan Hunt Club, and Presence, just to name a few great reads.
Spooky children, a cave that is presumed to be the gate to hell, a haunting family curse, all the elements of a great Saul outing are in place. Don' throw this one against the wall for the slow start, stick with it and you will be glad in the end.
Book Review: Horror, Terribly Depressing
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was awful! The writing was very well done, but the plot was terrible. I really hated this book and it's the last one I read by John Saul. This one really did me in. It is about the occult and family curses and a Ouija board. It definitely made an impression on me. It's about the Conger family curse. Their youngest daughter, Sarah, was looked on as being mentally ill simply because she had been so traumatized she couldn't talk; when really, the older daughter, Elizabeth, was the one that belonged in the Looney bin. She killed three kids and her pet cat and played tea party with them and a skeleton in a cave shaft. Sarah saw everything she did but couldn't talk so tried in other ways to tell her parents what was going on but they didn't get it and blamed her for things. Sarah was institutionalized for 15 years! The ending is awful too. It's just sad and depressing from cover to cover and never gets better. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone!
Book Review: IT RUINT ME
Summary: 5 Stars
WHen I was not even 10 I somehow ended up with this CRAZY trash book about some children who were being posessed by the spirits of these kids from the past who had been BUTCHERED by somebody unknown. I cant remember much of it save the scene where it got bloody again
and it was MESSED UP and somebody was a'HACKIN away.
It was profoundly gory.
and traumatic.
It was called SUFFER THE CHILDREN.
Who the HALE gave me that thing...I LIVED IN A HAUNTED HOUSE AT THE TIME
Im totally not playin. I not PLAYIN, PLAYA.
I just remember being so aghast. That might have been the single most traumatic thing Ive ever experienced in a way. I think the killer ended up being like this 8 year old girl'
it was so so so so scareeey I remember feeling sick and shivery and SOILED.
Oh my God!
THat might have been the end of my innocence!
WHY CANT I SPELL?
Can anybody TELL ME??
Book Review: Fantastic Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
This was my first book read by Johh Saul referred to me by my boss who read it nearly thirty years ago and she said it stuck in her mind bc she has a younger brother and identified with the concept and the horrific plot. She recommended it to me and I was shocked by what I had opened to read. Brilliant, creepy, psychologically thrilling and absolutely daring. This man takes chances with his books and I have been a fan of his ever since. Having read 13 other novels by him, I can honestly say that I have never been dissapointed. Although, this one was by far the best he has ever written. His main characters are always children and when other authors are afraid to dive into placing children in harm's way or writing the children as killers themselves, Saul masters it and creates a vision that will never be forgotten. This book needs to be made into a movie! I would recommend it to anyone who appreciates horror and thriller!Book Review: Not One Of His Best
Summary: 2 Stars
I read the review before I bought this book and I thought I would enjoy it but I didn't. Saul tackles the controversial subject of child molestation in this one then branches off into a macabre story about a possessed/reincarnated? young girl that does horrible things to to other children.
I was very confused by this book but I gave it the benefit of the doubt right up until the very disappointing end. My final word on this is, the book has plot holes so wide you could hide mack trucks in them.
I couldn't identify with the characters either and I think that's an important element of any story.
Saul I think you ran out of steam one quarter of the way into the book and rushed it off to meet your deadline. Don't do it again!