Cry for the Strangers (Audible Audio Edition) Mel Foster John Saul Brilliance Audio Books
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Clark's Harbor was the perfect coastal haven, jealously guarded against outsiders.
But now strangers have come to settle there. And a small boy is suddenly free of a frenzy that had gripped him since birth.
But his sister is haunted by fearful visions. And one by one, in violent, mysterious ways, the strangers are dying. Never the townspeople, only the strangers.
Has a dark bargain been struck between the people of Clark's Harbor and some supernatural force? Or is it the sea itself calling out for human sacrifice? A howling, deadly Cry for the Strangers.
Cry for the Strangers (Audible Audio Edition) Mel Foster John Saul Brilliance Audio Books
I remembered reading this in my youth and enjoying it, but find it doesn’t measure up as an adult. John Saul was a much different type of writer than King and Koontz, his books fashioned on creepiness rather than horror. Cry for the Strangers is broken up into three parts — Book One, Book Two, Book Three — and therein lies much of the problem with this story about a fictional seaside town called Clark’s Harbor and the four people who have moved there and find it not welcoming to strangers.Book One is the best portion, John Saul doing a wonderful job of setting everything up, ratcheting up the creepiness as old legends and some mysterious deaths come into play, as do the townspeople. The husband wants to write a book about biorhythms and try to figure out why young Robbie, a former patient and son of the second couple, has so improved since moving to this unwelcoming town. It’s not a gripping, edge of your seat kind of story, but you’re hooked, willing to keep turning pages to discover what’s happening in Clark’s Harbor. But then comes Book Two.
In the second section, we follow around the unlikable sheriff, while the main two protagonists return to pack for the big move, placing them off-stage. It was while they were off-stage in part two that it came to me what was wrong with this story, which I’ll get to in a bit.
Book Three is better, as the main couple return. While there is some excitement, the ending, rather than being creepy, sort of ruins it for this reader. This same ending would have worked well if this had been a short story, perhaps novelette or novella length, and that’s what is wrong with this book. This is so long, and the reader has so much invested, that we expect more than we get, and certainly not that final scene.
Here is what I felt about it overall. This is a terrific short story which has been stretched beyond belief, into a bloated novel. It isn’t that the idea, the premise, isn’t good, it’s that it’s a thick rubber band stretched until the elasticity barely holds. It was an early effort from Saul, but most of his books follow this same kind of pattern. I loved this as a teenager, found it creepy. But as an adult, I found the narrative stretched so far that the creepiness became muted, which only highlighted the book’s length. Saul can write, and I can’t help feeling this one in particular would have made a wonderful read had it been much shorter, trimming down then combining parts one and three, and losing part two entirely.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from giving it a read, since they might like it better than I did. I didn’t dislike it, but I ruined a fond teenage memory by revisiting this book. Maybe the old saying is true, that you just can’t go home again…
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Cry for the Strangers (Audible Audio Edition) Mel Foster John Saul Brilliance Audio Books Reviews
I enjoyed Saul's books 30 years ago and still do! Pretty predictable - that's why the 4 stars. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good thriller, light read.
cRY FOR THE STRANGER. iT'S AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE AND i LIKE THE SPOOKY WRITING IN IT. kEEP THEM COMING.
In the taste of John Saul. Good, suspenseful book. Feeling on the edge for the entire read. You know something evil is going to happen.
This book ended exactly as I thought it would. It kept my interest well enough throughout, but it was far from the best John Saul novel that I've read.
Although I had this one figured out by the beginning of the book on the who done it part, I read the whole book entirely and really enjoy the reading. I was still a bit surprised about the ending so it was definitly a worthwhile reading.
John Saul's "Cry for the Children" was an interesting mystery. I always enjoy Saul's stories. They always revolve around children and can be somewhat distressing for that reason, but the plots are usually intriguing and most of the children survive.
I have to say , however, that the number of typos in the kindle edition was appalling. There was at least one mistake on almost every page that turned the correct word into some other word. Made reading a bit of a challenge at times
It was a good mystery and it wasn’t until 3/4 through when I was close to who the killer was.
I remembered reading this in my youth and enjoying it, but find it doesn’t measure up as an adult. John Saul was a much different type of writer than King and Koontz, his books fashioned on creepiness rather than horror. Cry for the Strangers is broken up into three parts — Book One, Book Two, Book Three — and therein lies much of the problem with this story about a fictional seaside town called Clark’s Harbor and the four people who have moved there and find it not welcoming to strangers.
Book One is the best portion, John Saul doing a wonderful job of setting everything up, ratcheting up the creepiness as old legends and some mysterious deaths come into play, as do the townspeople. The husband wants to write a book about biorhythms and try to figure out why young Robbie, a former patient and son of the second couple, has so improved since moving to this unwelcoming town. It’s not a gripping, edge of your seat kind of story, but you’re hooked, willing to keep turning pages to discover what’s happening in Clark’s Harbor. But then comes Book Two.
In the second section, we follow around the unlikable sheriff, while the main two protagonists return to pack for the big move, placing them off-stage. It was while they were off-stage in part two that it came to me what was wrong with this story, which I’ll get to in a bit.
Book Three is better, as the main couple return. While there is some excitement, the ending, rather than being creepy, sort of ruins it for this reader. This same ending would have worked well if this had been a short story, perhaps novelette or novella length, and that’s what is wrong with this book. This is so long, and the reader has so much invested, that we expect more than we get, and certainly not that final scene.
Here is what I felt about it overall. This is a terrific short story which has been stretched beyond belief, into a bloated novel. It isn’t that the idea, the premise, isn’t good, it’s that it’s a thick rubber band stretched until the elasticity barely holds. It was an early effort from Saul, but most of his books follow this same kind of pattern. I loved this as a teenager, found it creepy. But as an adult, I found the narrative stretched so far that the creepiness became muted, which only highlighted the book’s length. Saul can write, and I can’t help feeling this one in particular would have made a wonderful read had it been much shorter, trimming down then combining parts one and three, and losing part two entirely.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from giving it a read, since they might like it better than I did. I didn’t dislike it, but I ruined a fond teenage memory by revisiting this book. Maybe the old saying is true, that you just can’t go home again…
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