John Saul
Paperback | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.91 | 7093 Users | 198 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Second Child |
| ISBN: | 0553287303 (ISBN13: 9780553287301) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Secret Cove. Ruggedly beautiful and remote, bordered by dark woods and deserted beaches, this postcard-perfect village harbors the mansions of the wealthy—families who have summered in splendid seclusion at Secret Cove for generations. Here, one hundred years ago, on the night of the annual August Moon Ball, a shy and lovely servant girl committed a single, unspeakable act of violence—an act so shocking its legacy lives still.And now, long after the horror of that night has faded to a tale whispered by children around summer camp fires, an unholy terror is about to be reborn.
Now, one family is about to feel the icy hand of supernatural fear—as Melissa Holloway, shy and troubled and just thirteen years old, comes to know the blood-drenched secret that waits behind a locked attic door... For in the dead of night a Secret Cove sleeps unaware, a soul-chilling presence slowly begins to enact a terrifying vengeance.
Second Child: It is unspeakable evil merely Melissa's nightmares made horrifyingly real? Is it the manifestation of deadly fury risen from the grave? Or is the heart-stopping horror soon to be unleased in Secret Cove something even more insidious--something unimaginably evil...and alive?
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| Title | : | Second Child |
| Author | : | John Saul |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | November 3rd 1991 by Bantam (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller |
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Ratings: 3.91 From 7093 Users | 198 ReviewsAppraise Based On Books Second Child
This is a story about Teri, who burnt down the house that she lived in, killing her mother and her stepfather. With the death of her mother, Teri is force to move to Secret Cove, with her father and his wife. Charles and Phyllis already have one daughter Melissa. Melissa is always being abused by her mother and can never do anything right. On the other hand, Teri is daughter that she always dreamed of having. Melissa has been sleepwalking for as long as she can remember. Her evil motherLet me start by saying, it scares the crap out of me to think there are actually people like this walking around. EVIL. I HATED a couple of these characters. H.A.T.E.D.! I got so frustrated reading this book; somebody besides me HAD to see what was going on! What the heck, dad!? Maybe that's why this took me so long to get through it.That being said, and without dropping any spoilers, Ill just say I was happy to see how it ended, although this was another one of those that seemed to very quickly
What a shame that some of the reviewers here have given away the plot!I haven't read Second Child for a long time but I often think about getting it off the shelf once more.Melissa, the second child of the title, is overjoyed when she discovers that her unknown elder sister Teri is coming to live with her father's new family at Secret Cove. What Melissa can't foresee is the horror and confusion that the beautiful Teri's arrival will bring to her own life, nor how her supposedly imaginary friend
I read this one based on someone's recommendation, and was not at all unhappy with it. I did find, though, that I didn't like the author or his style. He seems a little amateur. He would find a word he liked, like 'sear' and he'd use it a boatload of times in just a few pages - noticeably. I don't like that. He does that all throughout the book. Altogether, this isn't a major thing, but coupled with his overuse of dialog attribution, and his severe POV shifts, I really felt let down. This seemed
This book was chilling. In fact, I would say it is one of John Saul's best books. The book grabbed readers from page 1. From there on out its like you become glued to the pages. The Characters Phyllis is an overbearing mother who keeps a tight and dangerous grip on her daughter, Charles is the type of father that all children crave yet, he allows his wife to damage his daughter almost beyond recognition, Teri is the evil stepdaughter that reminds me of R.L Stine's character back in the day, and
Good book, a real page-turner. This is one of John Saul's best. I can see it being a movie.
This was the first book I read by John Saul. I was maybe 13 at the time and I found it in a basement. I was bored and figured I'd read. I opened it out of curiosity and was yanked in by the the first line- "When Polly MacIver awoke just before dawn that morning, she had not the slightest presentiment that she was about to die."I devoured it and it scared the shit out of me. This is not what I call a 'visually' scary book. Saul does a good job with scene setting and you can easily imagine
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