Hello Sunflowers,
The weather has been changing here all day, we’ve gone from clear blue skies and sun, to overcast, to drizzly and windy! I’m hoping the weather clears for the weekend as I want to go for a walk along the beach.
I’m here again with another book review and this time it’s with another book by Jack Ketchum called The Lost. It follows the story of Ray who coldly shoots two girls dead with his two friends Tim and Jennifer, assisting him. So when I say the book starts off with a bang, I mean it.
The book then moves to years later, with Ray still roaming free and no charges against him, despite one cop knowing in his stomach it was Ray who did it. We learn more about Ray, by all means an arrogant, egotist with short man syndrome. He’s really unlikeable so it makes the desire for him to be exposed and caught, all the more believable.
I won’t sit here and say that all the characters are fully formed, likeable or particularly memorable, but the story still packs something of a punch. Though I did find the ending a little flat.
I’d say I preferred Off Season more than this, but there’s no denying that Jack Ketchum wrote Ray as someone to be hated and that comes off the page loud and clear.
Have you read this? I’d love to know your thoughts, so why not leave a comment below.
Stay Spooky!
👻LWG👻
☽ SpookyGee ☾ 