I found this book to be just mediocre. I didn’t find it to be well written but the story line drew me in a little. It won’t be my last John Saul book being as I picked up this book and a few more of his at a free book store. I’m certainly curious what the others have to offer.

Louisiana, voodoo, an old creepy house, a small town where strange, paranoid people live. What's not to love?

I like this book very much. A tale of good and evil and the generations it passes through. It certainly kept me hooked wanting to finish it. Yes, it was a little predictable, a little hokey at times, but overall I think it was a good story. It kept me entertained.

This is the second book by this author that I have read in just a few weeks.. That's probably the problem, because it seemed almost like reading the same book twice! Both books had a family, mom, dad couple of kids, dog, and cat. Both families go to new kinda spooky location. The first, to a supposedly haunted lakeside cabin, the second to a supposedly haunted home they have inherited. Each place has a strange old man in the area that everyone knows and thinks is very odd. Spoiler here..............and in each book, almost immediately, the family cat goes missing and meets a gruesome end! Doesn't this author have any new tricks up his sleeve!? It's not that they are bad books, just too repetitious. Think I should probably stick to the master, Stephen King, for horror!

This book was amazing! I will read anything the John Saul puts out!

One of Saul's better books. Saul always reminds me of Koontz-- good novels on a regular basis, but nothing exceptional. Saul here has a family with problems (typical motif), in this case, the father is a drunk and cannot keep a job. An old aunt of his passes away, however, and leaves an estate in a small town north of New Orleans. The family moves and 'bad things' start to happen. Some graphic and tragic animal scenes of mutilation-- so be warned. 3.5 stars.

The evil that men do.....

A demon, an ancient family curse, a voodoo practitioner and the good old Catholic Church. Mix well and you have the ingredients for a tasty horror story. It was a pity that the visions of Hell came straight out of a medieval religious painting but, that didn't detract from an absorbing tale.

Absolutely loved this book

One of my favourite authors anyway but this book was gripping From start to finish. Read it all in 2 days 10/10

Wow!

It was good but not great.

What a depraved and down right scary story!

The jacket uses phrases like "Gripping and fast-paced" and "a slick thriller." Not so fast! There wasn't anything gripping for me. It wasn't fast-paced. And slick? I suppose it depends upon your definition.

The Conways inherit a house and despite several "warning signs," a plan is developed to remodel the structure into a hotel. Alcoholism, a transition to a new geographic region, local politics, and paranoia are some of the challenges the Conways face. The remodel is beginning to shape, before history and pervasive evil take over.

The writing is fine. Saul developed his characters well. That said, I kept wanting more - hoping the next page, next chapter, next "day" would provide something that would keep me awake. The storyline is also somewhat predictable. After all, it's Louisiana. Voodoo? Yep. Small town backwood politics? Yep. A less than stellar Catholic priest? He's in there. An exorcism gone wrong? Sure, why not.

It's no more than three stars and no less.

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