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nancyadelman 's review for:
The God Project
by John Saul
In Eastbury the children have begun disappearing or dying. Some are dying of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) while others just simply disappear one day. There's no rhyme or reason to it, but one mother, Sally Montgomery is not going to go away and forget about it. She is on a mission to find out the truth, no matter how disturbing it may be.
This is a horror book by John Saul; the first book by John Saul I have read. This feels more like a Robin Cook medical mystery than a true horror novel, but I have no other Saul experience to base this off of. I'm not sure if I will read more Saul books. The characters were fairly thinly developed and the dialogue felt like a script from some 1970's show. I kept expecting to hear a laugh track whenever a kid objected to a parent's demand. Oh, and this book was published in 1982, and the story shows it's age really badly. It has aged like milk. For example: landlines still exist. 911 did not exist. People smoke in doctor's offices. Doctors freely share medical record information between patients. There's bound to be other things; I just can't remember them all right now.
Anyway. There are a few violent scenes scattered throughout the book, many of which are adult vs. child. The majority of them are nearer the end of the book. There is I think one or two scenes of alcohol use but no substance use. There are no sex scenes in this book. I am giving this book three stars for the underdeveloped characters and the script stolen from the Brady Bunch.
This is a horror book by John Saul; the first book by John Saul I have read. This feels more like a Robin Cook medical mystery than a true horror novel, but I have no other Saul experience to base this off of. I'm not sure if I will read more Saul books. The characters were fairly thinly developed and the dialogue felt like a script from some 1970's show. I kept expecting to hear a laugh track whenever a kid objected to a parent's demand. Oh, and this book was published in 1982, and the story shows it's age really badly. It has aged like milk. For example: landlines still exist. 911 did not exist. People smoke in doctor's offices. Doctors freely share medical record information between patients. There's bound to be other things; I just can't remember them all right now.
Anyway. There are a few violent scenes scattered throughout the book, many of which are adult vs. child. The majority of them are nearer the end of the book. There is I think one or two scenes of alcohol use but no substance use. There are no sex scenes in this book. I am giving this book three stars for the underdeveloped characters and the script stolen from the Brady Bunch.