paced reading horror and thrillers discussion

We are starting this one pretty soon, join us! Its free now on Amazon - Bay's End.

I"m in! I'm in! Been meaning to read more Lorn. Thanks Maxine!

Oooh, I might try to get in on this.

I will if I can.

I'm in! Prob start this weekend:)

I am ready to go.

I'll join

OK, I guess we can start this weekend as a group!

Cool. I read slow, so I might get a head start.

This is the first book I have read by this author. it seems like it will be a quick read. I gave it to my son to read too!

Hopefully your son is older, there's some stuff in it that would prevent me from passing it on to my children even when they do grow up. I will spoiler tag it, but it contains a last third of the book spoiler so you may not want to look before reading it. Trust me it is bad (view spoiler)[ very graphic child abuse molestation rape and forced abortion with a coat hanger, again very graphic. (hide spoiler)]

Thanks for the tip! I better preview first. He is only 16.

The majority of the book isn't bad, it's not even really a horror novel so much as it is a coming of age story and other than that one part it would be perfect for teens because of the age of the main characters. It's just that one part is really bad.

Just finished and loved it! Justin, I think it is a horror novel, not in the supernatural subgenre but in the human evil genre. The ending took me completely by surprise.

Short book?

It was a quick read. I was surprised by the ending too. It made me want to cry. I did let my son read it and he liked it as well.

I'm about 30% in and have anxiety on behalf of those kids! Great story so far.

What is it with boys and baseball? Lol. Every coming of age story I read involves boys and baseball. Never fails!

Ok, boys and streaking...now that I understand...lol, omg that made me laugh!

25% (view spoiler)[Dying to know what really happened. Prank gone wrong? Officer down? Gotta keep reading! (hide spoiler)]

30%(view spoiler)[My guess is that Mack killed the girl and hid the body. That's why she's missing. Just a guess. (hide spoiler)]My kinda book!

Just wait! You ain`t seen nothing yet... :-)

Omg! Can't stop reading this! Must go to sleep! Ah well, finish tomorrow hopefully. The suspense is killing me!

56%(view spoiler)[Oh god, what if the monster is Lance and not Mack? Nothing worse than reading a warning from the main character about what u r to face. I feel nauseous...here goes nothing. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[Its always a challenge to read about sexual trauma and children. Reminds me of The Memory Tree. I strongly recommend that read. It was eye opening. (hide spoiler)]

No kidding. It is shocking and disturbing.
Thanks for the recommendation.

You're welcome Pierre:) Its a great book!

100% (view spoiler)[The abortion scene was haunting.

I found odd the dog attack didn't relate to the other events in the book. Was is there so Trey would go to the hospital and Candy woukld meet him there?

And what about the scene where he spots the dog dar away? I think it was at the end of the baseball game, after Eddy beats the older kid? (hide spoiler)]

Joao,
(view spoiler)[ I think he spotted the dog from afar to explain that the dog was off the chain. I think somewhere earlier in the book, it was mentioned about the dog always being chained. I felt that when he spotted the dog and noticed it was off the chain that it was a hint that something was going to happen. (hide spoiler)]

Wow, just finished this one. Fantastic book. Very disturbing and sad, but well done.

After this one, and Cruelty, I'm definitely a Lorn fan!

I agree.

Ok. So I stopped at Eddy's story because the last few days have been crazy and I really just want to focus because I know its not gonna be good. I'm hoping I'll get some peace and quiet tonight (please!)...lol.

I'm at 25% this morning. I had set this aside to read some of Game of Thrones before my loan ran out. Pretty good story so far. Just kids having fun in the summer. What could go wrong?

Wow! I was expecting something a little more shocking but it was a great ending, well not great, but I kind of saw it coming. Messed up! I've never felt so much tension waiting for what was to come. Just great story telling! Now I gotta dig in to more of his stuff and up his work to the top of my tbr list:)

Addy, I agree! I was so tense the whole book. I didn't want to stop reading, but I didn't want to read on. What made the ending so good was that it was not the perfect ending. It sucked!

Ok, finished it. Talk about a Scooby Doo ending! It would have worked to if it weren't for you meddling boys!

Scott wrote: "Ok, finished it. Talk about a Scooby Doo ending! It would have worked to if it weren't for you meddling boys!"

I couldn't agree more.

I am only 40% done so trying not to read the thread. Hell, I didn't even read the back cover, so I have no idea where this is going to go! FIne so far. Trying to guess...

Okay, I finished like a month after everyone. I finally got to read all your thoughts. And here's my rather lengthy review, if anyone is interested... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...