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The Siege Of Trencher's Farm - Straw Dogs (2000)

by Gordon M. Williams(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: I read this book because I saw the film and was left thinking there had to be more. As I watched the movie I had a really hard time liking any of the characters or feeling any really sympathy for what they were going through. Usually you can read the book and get to know the characters and at least feel something for them. Not the case with this one. It just seemed a little weak to me. The whole main character becoming a more of a man through violence and the wife gaining respect for him because of it was a pretty shallow. And where was the daughter in all of this? Louise seemed to care less about the child. I found myself wanting her (Louise) to get shot along with the crazy men outside. The only people I really felt sorry for were the poor psychopath locked in the attic ... moreand the daughter. I think this may be the only Gordon Williams work that I read. I wasn't overly impressed.
review 2: This story was incredibly violent. Like the title of the book states, it is a story about a house comes under attack. Specifically, how George comes under attack by locals and has to fight them to a gory death. The details of the fights and how it is really described as an all out fight to the death, of scraping nails, bloody sockets, and numb limbs, it was disturbing. The story also deals into the sinister lives of small town people and the anxiety that comes with it or because of it. George is also a complicated character, there are moments where I like him, there are moments when he is a pompous, misogynists ass. The violence just really bothered me, there is something disturbing about this story that neither film nor can I really touch on, but it is there.Finally I had a weird dream because of this, so I guess it is worth a read if it disturbed my dreams. less

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