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1.0 out of 5 stars
How can I put this delicately?, Oct 9 2001
I really wanted to read this book. I saw it while grocery shopping and was intrigued by the cover; I really love stories involving creepy kids and the cat looked cute in an evil way, of course. When I got home with my purchase, I started reading it and soon discovered I just couldn't continue. Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you - Johnstone's writing style is atrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to feign interest in it. He writes in small, simple, annoyingly terse sentences, making it very hard for me to get involved in the story. I enjoy rich imagery and his style does absolutely nothing for me in this regard. I almost feel bad writing such a harsh review for a book I didn't fully read, and any other time I might *briefly* consider trying again if I didn't think it'd be too painful. Maybe I'll pass this book on to my little brother if he can even stand it. I'd advise anyone NOT to buy this book until you actually get a look at it because the style is that awful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Johnstone horror, Jun 20 2001
This story would definetely make a B-horror flick, but I enjoy reading Johnstone's horror novels. Classic Good vs. Evil, God vs. Satan. In a rural county in Virginia, the devil's child and cat are awakened by an engineer in a mine. Bad mistake. Before this, Johnstone gives a background to how the girl came about and what has been happening over the course of about 2 centuries. Well, all Hades breaks loose. The girl and cat survive on human flesh. If you happen to survive their attack, you turn into a beast. Also, Satan calls upon the cats in the town and county to attack humans. This book is full of gore and is not for the weak stomach. It is actually one of Johnstone's goriest I've read, next to The Uninvited and Bats, also good horror novels. This story gets complicated as the sheriff and state troopers are trying to figure out what is going on, then the Feds get involved, headed by an insane person. The angle with the Feds, OSS, CIA, FBI and so on gets complicated at times. The main reason they're there, is to try and harness this evil and use as a weapon against the Russians. Yeah, right! Did not work as several are killed.... To find out what happens, read the book. Only a couple of things about this novel that are negatives, lots of cursing and disregard for a few Christian denominations.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It was great, May 27 2001
The story is good, the characters were fine but sometimes I got kinda lost in the story. But it dosen't matter because the idea was great. Reading this book on a stormy friday night was scary. It's horrible to think what would happend to an little county were people were living without knowing, that one day, the Devil and his cats would take over their peacefuly little lives. Anyhow, the book was really good, and if you want to have a little bit of Hell during your day, read this book.
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