Helpful Score: 4
Don't mess with a country boy's dog. That is the lesson to be learned here. This was a good short read that is hard to put down. I finished it in one evening. It is listed as horror in some groups. I don't see it. I think it was a good thriller but there was no horror about it.
Helpful Score: 3
This is a good story...I read this book in one day. I like the way Jack Ketchum writes and I can identify with his characters....really good read.
Helpful Score: 2
After reading Off Season, I was pleasantly surprised to read a good story about a man who loses his dog to an act of plain meanness.
It all started with a simple act of brutality. Three boys shot and killed an old man's dog. No reason, just plain meanness. But the dog was the best thing in the old man's world, and he wasn't about to let it pass. He wanted justice, and he'd make sure the kids paid for what they did, even if it cost him his life. They picked the wrong old man to mess with. And as the fury and violence escalate, they're about to learn that...the hard way.
It all started with a simple act of brutality. Three boys shot and killed an old man's dog. No reason, just plain meanness. But the dog was the best thing in the old man's world, and he wasn't about to let it pass. He wanted justice, and he'd make sure the kids paid for what they did, even if it cost him his life. They picked the wrong old man to mess with. And as the fury and violence escalate, they're about to learn that...the hard way.
Helpful Score: 1
Ketchum's books are very good and don't deal with supernatural, just humans being cruel to each other. The novella at the end "The Passenger" was very good.
Helpful Score: 1
Great, suspenseful writing, especially the novella at the back of the book!
