Found the beginning of the book interesting. However, then it got a bit boring and rather predictable.

A good and scary story!

* The people of the small, Pacific-coast fishing town of Clark's Harbor don't like strangers. Neither did the people of Cornwall Coombe, the small farming community of Tryon's "Harvest Home." The difference is, we understand why the corn-loving farmers don't like them. The people of Clark's Harbor are just unreasonably rude. One character repeatedly points out that trouble always follows when strangers move in, but the fact is, the trouble always comes at the strangers' expense. I should think pity would be a more appropriate reaction.

* I read this first as a teenager, and I must have liked it quite a bit, because I went on to buy several more books by John Saul. Somehow it seems more suitable to teens, yet it was a bestseller; and this was long before Harry Potter or Twilight, when kids didn't propel books onto the NYT bestseller list. Or did they?

* It's not bad, it's passive. It lies there and lets you do what you want, get what you can from it. It isn't a creative read and it doesn't encourage you to put any more into it than you care to. And that's what makes it happy. You can't really dislike a book like that, although you won't feel that great about conquering it, either. Unless, perhaps, it's your first time.

John Saul's stories tend to include the same themes and even though he might use some of those tools in his novels, there is something about them that always manages to captivate me.

Cry for the strangers is a slow burn atmospheric horror that takes place in a small town by the sea. In this town they are not fans of strangers. When two new couples decided to move in, the heavy storms came with them. And during the storms really bad things happened.

The story has a really slow build up and it focuses on the residents of the town as well as in their struggles, thoughts and their past. When tragedy strikes, they are quick to put the blame on each other.

The novel touches on the horrors we can not explain and those that might be living just next door.

Perfect For: If you enjoy a good exploration of character and small communities that need to battle against an unknown evil, this will be the perfect read for you.

I love all the books of John saul...his books are scary,to the point,and he maintaines the same tempo throughout the book..

It begins again....wow.....awesome

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An okay book, not as suspenseful, gripping or violent as some of his other books. But it does keep with the creepy children trope he's so fond of. Not his best.

It got kind of racist (and ableist and sexist), but you can't expect much from a trash book from the 70's. I might read some of his other books as trash books.

Mi tercer libro de John Saúl, realmente me gustó , no supera Dejad a los niños pero llanto por desconocidos tiene algo que logro atraparme desde el comienzo, su atmósfera es totalmente sombría.
Siento que la sinopsis propone más de lo que realmente pasa en la historia. Aun así los forasteros mueren de formas dolorosas esto no es un Spoiler porque aparece en cualquier sinopsis. El final un tanto esperado a no ser por el epílogo que le da un giro macabro a la historia, es por esto que me ha terminado de convencer. Una novela yo diría más de suspenso como lo dice en su tapa con tintes de terror. En su trama se presentas temas como antiguas creencias indias y rituales contra los forasteros. Recomendada.

Not really understanding all the good reviews this book received. I read 'Suffer the Children' back in high school and thought it was pretty enjoyable. This book honked. The dialogue was silly, the plot was silly, the characters were silly. The book was overly repetitive and longer than it needed to be.