Lost Boys: A Novel
2 journalers for this copy...
The cover is different.
This one is by one of my favourite authors, will keep it in my permanent collection for a while.
Book Description
For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie's life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster.
Cruelly ostracized at his school, Stevie retreats further and further into himself -- and into a strange computer game and a group of imaginary friends.
But there is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And terror grows for Step and DeAnne as the truth slowly unfolds. For their son has found something savagely evil ... and it's coming for Stevie next.
This one is by one of my favourite authors, will keep it in my permanent collection for a while.
Book Description
For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie's life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster.
Cruelly ostracized at his school, Stevie retreats further and further into himself -- and into a strange computer game and a group of imaginary friends.
But there is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And terror grows for Step and DeAnne as the truth slowly unfolds. For their son has found something savagely evil ... and it's coming for Stevie next.
This book is about a family of mormons, living in the United States in the early 1980s. It describes a lot of their views of life.
I must say I expected the book to be more thrilling, this is why I gave it a seven:
It is a bit slow and at some point I whished I could just skip some parts, I'm talking about the "disagreements" the parents had. They are really nice dialogues, it is just not very believable that this people can be so perfect and handle themselves in such a civilized manner all the time.
On the other hand, the book is very nicely writen, everything that happens, happens for a reason and keeps you hooked even though it is slow. It is more about the "trip" than about what happens at the end.
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Lending it to Gringuitica, since she is a fan of Orson Scott Card.
I must say I expected the book to be more thrilling, this is why I gave it a seven:
It is a bit slow and at some point I whished I could just skip some parts, I'm talking about the "disagreements" the parents had. They are really nice dialogues, it is just not very believable that this people can be so perfect and handle themselves in such a civilized manner all the time.
On the other hand, the book is very nicely writen, everything that happens, happens for a reason and keeps you hooked even though it is slow. It is more about the "trip" than about what happens at the end.
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Lending it to Gringuitica, since she is a fan of Orson Scott Card.
Borrowed from blackteiwaz, going into my TBRs!
Finally got around to reading this! I really enjoyed the slow build to the story; it was a bit unhurried at times, but it was also very relaxing compared to other thrillers. (In fact, I don't know if I'd really call this a suspense/thriller.) I agree that the family was a little too Brady Bunch at times, but I just chalked it up to literary license. The end had a *very* twisted surprise. I really liked this one.
