The Lost by Jack Ketchum (ISBN:0843961546)

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		The Lost
	
				(9 reviews)			
(120 Readers)

			Jack Ketchum		
	
It was the summer of 1965. Ray, Tim, and Jennifer were just three   teenage friends hanging out in the campgrounds, drinking a little. But Tim and ...more
 It was the summer of 1965. Ray, Tim, and Jennifer were just three   teenage friends hanging out in the campgrounds, drinking a little. But Tim and  Jennifer didn't know what their friend Ray had in mind. And if they'd known,  they wouldn't have thought he was serious. Then they saw what he did to the  two girls at the neighboring campsite--and knew he was dead serious.    Four years later, the 60s were drawing to a close. No one ever charged  Ray with the murders in the campgrounds, but there was one cop determined  to make him pay. Ray figured he was in the clear. Tim and Jennifer thought  the worst was behind them, that the horrors were all in the past. They were  wrong. The worst was yet to come.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Another worthless book from the master of mediocre. Sure there's violence, but its pointless and senseless. No-one could believe Ketchums bad guys exist in any sense. I'm over this dud.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Boooring. Cut out the middle 2/3 of the book consisting of unnecessary character exposition and you might have an almost interesting short story. But then again, I love it because I won an autographed copy by calling in to Fangoria Radio with Dee Snider and talked to Dee on the phone, which was fucking sweet.
So the book itself gets 2 stars, but how I got it gets 5 but deserves even more.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This book was a very easy and enjoyable read...there was a little bit of an overload on sexual content...but whatever.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I know a lot of Ketchum fans love this one, but aside from the intense opening and ending, the vast middle just didn't do much for me.  I'm still looking forward to the film, though.

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							G. Kerry
						
							few weeks ago						
Eh.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Despite what other people have said, I really liked this book.  It is my first Jack Ketchum book.  I saw the movie and really liked it so I decided to give the book a try.  It's a really close adaptation.  People have complained that the beginning and end  a great, but the middle is just boring.  I disagree.  I think that the behaviour patterns of Ray Pye were shown very well and you need that...more
 Despite what other people have said, I really liked this book.  It is my first Jack Ketchum book.  I saw the movie and really liked it so I decided to give the book a try.  It's a really close adaptation.  People have complained that the beginning and end  a great, but the middle is just boring.  I disagree.  I think that the behaviour patterns of Ray Pye were shown very well and you need that time in between to show his unravelling.  I think I heard somewhere that this is based on a real case from the 1940s?   hide

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