This wasn't the best John Saul book I've read it it wasn't terrible. Just ok.

This was an entertaining read. Mental illness is the most terrifying story we can tell the thought of losing grip with your own mind is enough to scare anyone silly.

One of most drawn out boring things ive ever read

Every once and a while I like to read these cheesy 80's horror novels. Boy they could make whole careers on so little good writing. Fun and fast and predictable. I rated it strictly as three stars when up against other books of the same genre and time.

The Unloved is yet another great horror novel by John Saul. The book concerns the Deveraux family's return to a crumbling mansion where Kevin, the father, grew up. At first, Kevin does not wish to stay at the house, but after the death of his mother (whom he greatly dislikes,) he is forced to stay because of his sister, who is damaged in more than just a physical way, and because of his mother's will which doesn't allow any other plausible solusion but for the family to stay in the house. The novel quickly becomes dark and horrible in a good way as people begin dying in mysterious ways on the island containing the mansion.
To me, this is nothing really new by Saul. The six or seven novels I've read by him have not disappointed me. This book even gave me what authors call "a thrill of horror" when Julie, thinking she has caught a turtle in the sea, instead pulls up the decomposing body of one of the girls from her dance lessons. Other than that, this book was very straight-forward, clean, and traditionally scary. Saul seems like a mainstream horror writer, but he is the master at the kinds of stories he writes and I definitely haven't had my fill yet.

Again, John Saul has entrapped me in his way of bringing his characters to life. He is a highly skilled writer. Most certainly one of my all time favorites. This book is definitely worth reading.

I got about half way through this, predicted everything, gave up as nothing was interesting and the stereotypes of the female characters was tiresome.

Well, this book was good up until the last 100 pages. The town was walking around with blinders on and suddenly everyone was stuttering and stammering every sentence. That and the flaws surrounding one of the characters action were implausible. If someone in their mid fifties has a lame leg and is nearly crippled by it, I can assure they are NOT going to be flitting about killing people younger, faster and stronger than them.

It was like the classic horror movie cliché; victim is running faster than an Olympic sprinter to escape a psycho killer that somehow is keeping pace with her at a zombie stagger. Just no! The only cliché missing was the cops showing up after the victim manages to kill the psycho killer.

This was the strangest book I have encountered in quite some time. I enjoyed approximately three quarters of the book but then it became too far fetched. This book had definite potential but was spoiled by taking the plot to the point of being unrealistic.

This is very creepy story.
And I love Marguerite's craziness.

Very very predictable.

A story so tragic it sticks with you for weeks.

This is my first John Saul book, and I loved it. I loved everything about it from the plot, to the characters, to the scenes. It's a well-knitted masterpiece, worthy of all praise.

Can't wait to read another of this author's books, cause I highly recommend this one.

5 stars all the way.