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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing. That is the one word I have to describe this book. It follows the life of a crazed murderer, and his friends and their lives after the aftermath of his first killing which they were witnesses of. This book starts sort of slow but I believe it was meant to do that. It was menat to start slow and then gradually take you along into this story until you reach an amazing climax.. Truely thrilling and utterly brilliant The Lost is a masterpiece of modern psychological horror.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved this book.
Jack Ketchum has a very straightforward style of writing that is so easy to pick up and fall into. The story itself is simple and can be summarized easily. The events of the story are interesting and pull you along but it is the characters that hook you and keep you engaged. There is a rather large cast of characters in the small book and each feels interesting and important. Ray, your villain, has the most chapters and Ketchum took the approach of making him sympathetic at times. He is not a movie villain, he feels real, he could be a guy you knew, someone you maybe even liked until you made the mistake of spending a little too much time around him and then saw what he was really like. At times I found myself actually rooting for him and then had to catch myself and remember that he opened the story by murdering two people. Even though Ray is the focal point of the story he is not the only interesting character, they are all interesting, Schilling the cop obsessed with catching Ray for that murder, Tim and Jennifer, Ray's "friends" who slowly begin to pull away from Ray, Katherine the new girl who is infatuated with Ray's bad boy attitude but only up to a point. All these characters and even a few more are compelling and interesting, there is even a damn cat who has his own chapters and they are great. I loved every page of this book, even reading it with that sense of dread you have to read all Jack Ketchum books with. Ketchum only writes tragedies it seems and you know as you are falling in love with all these flawed and interesting characters that some of them won't make it to the end, but that too is part of the fun.
I can't say it enough, if you like dark stories, read this book.
Jack Ketchum has a very straightforward style of writing that is so easy to pick up and fall into. The story itself is simple and can be summarized easily. The events of the story are interesting and pull you along but it is the characters that hook you and keep you engaged. There is a rather large cast of characters in the small book and each feels interesting and important. Ray, your villain, has the most chapters and Ketchum took the approach of making him sympathetic at times. He is not a movie villain, he feels real, he could be a guy you knew, someone you maybe even liked until you made the mistake of spending a little too much time around him and then saw what he was really like. At times I found myself actually rooting for him and then had to catch myself and remember that he opened the story by murdering two people. Even though Ray is the focal point of the story he is not the only interesting character, they are all interesting, Schilling the cop obsessed with catching Ray for that murder, Tim and Jennifer, Ray's "friends" who slowly begin to pull away from Ray, Katherine the new girl who is infatuated with Ray's bad boy attitude but only up to a point. All these characters and even a few more are compelling and interesting, there is even a damn cat who has his own chapters and they are great. I loved every page of this book, even reading it with that sense of dread you have to read all Jack Ketchum books with. Ketchum only writes tragedies it seems and you know as you are falling in love with all these flawed and interesting characters that some of them won't make it to the end, but that too is part of the fun.
I can't say it enough, if you like dark stories, read this book.
I didn't care for this one. The bulk of the story was character development which wouldn't be so bad if in the end I'd liked any of the characters. On to the next book.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is so good!!!! The author does NOT hold back so the end is very disturbing, but the story is amazing. You’re in the POV of a psychopath for a good chunk of the book and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Some chapters seemed a little slow, but it all came together in the end. Need to read more from this author.
Not his best work. It was OK...held my interest for the most part....but, the book, especially the second half could use some editing ....and the story lacked some of the usual Ketchum "punch". There were some tedious ho-hum moments through the middle of the book.