Love all of John Saul's books. He focuses on teenagers, at least all the books of his that I've read were that way. I empathized with his lead characters because I always feel like an outsider, which his characters always wind up being. Saul mixes it all up with some Sci-fi to boot.

4,5 Stars****

The build up to the conclusion was really scary. The conclsuion to this story itself however was a littlet bit disappointing. Overal the book was a good read. Sauls book are really good so far!

Rating: 8,5/10

Our hero is a single mom with two kids. She takes over the care of her friends's son, who had been victims of a tragic incident; which then adds up to three kids! They move into an American wilderness style home up in the mountains, near a dark forest.
Then begins incidents of brutal killings by animals. The foster kid is also in some weird moods...

The plot comes and goes between a werewolf movie and a family drama. But the dark and isolated 'wilderness' atmosphere is carried out pretty well. Enjoyable reading, without an expectation of high literature.

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iki çocuklu yalnız bir anne. Vahim bir olaya kurban giden arkadaşlarının oğlunun bakımını da üstleniyor, etti üç.
Dağda, karanlık ormana nazır, Amerikan 'wilderness' tarzı bir eve yerleşiliyor.
Sonra hayvanlarca parçalanma vakaları başlıyor. Evlatlık çocuk da tuhaf bir takım haller içinde...

Öykü, aile draması ile kurt adam filmi arası gidip geliyor. Ama karanlık ve izole 'wilderness' atmosferi iyi verilmiş. Yüksek edebiyat beklemeden keyifle okuyun.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg - Stephen King or John Saul? They both weave tales of terror! Actually SK was first by a few years, but their themes of normal families besieged by horror is very similar. JS always follows this formula whereas SK has a much broader scope of plot lines. But the suspense holds true for both.

Again, this loses a star for downright sickening happenings - just have to skim over the gory stuff. Olivia was by far the best character, lots of chutzpah!! A page turner I could barely put down.