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Del-Del (1991)

by Victor Kelleher(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0091826063 (ISBN13: 9780091826062)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Random House

review 1: I read this book when I was much younger, but returning to it now, it still retains much of its quality. Fans of the Exorcist will definitely see a few commonalities here, but what really sets the book apart is the simple horror it exudes. The book is written in simple, easy to follow prose, but it still manages to radiate a sense of horror that is up there with the best of them. Watching the family fall apart as things go from bad to worse is an almost visceral experience. I consider this to be one of Kelleher's best books because it doesn't muck around. It understands what is scary and then plays ruthlessly to those things. Even better, its a book that lingers, the kind that sticks in your head for a few days, even after you're done.
review 2: Probably number... more 2 of my all time favourite books. Nothing like I'd normally think to read, but very glad I did. What's disturbing about it is the you really don't know what's real and what's not, cos that little kid is so clever. To get my full meaning you have to read it. It's just got an eerie spookiness to it without having to try hard. Being an Aussie I can relate to the Australian setting too but this could have been set anywhere. It's a really good insight into what a family goes thru when trying to deal with grief, albeit to a slight extreme in this case.Read it! less

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