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The Devil Child: A Novela The Crop
She was young, strangely pretty, and different. She shared a dilapidated Victorian mansion with her aunt. She was little more than a slave to the old woman. Then one day, something so horrifying happened that she was forced to seek the truth.
- GenresGothic
216 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1972
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Parley J. Cooper
25 books7 followersParley Cooper is the author of over twenty-four novels, including the bestseller Dark Desires. He also writes under the bylines Jack Mayfield, Alex Nebrensky, William Freytag, and Dorothy McKinney.
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September 23, 2019
Eh. Predictable in its Goffick Fucked-Up Family(tm) dynamic. The OTT unreliable narrator was so by-the-numbers unreliable that she came off as bland & oblivious, & the other characters were even more unlikable. In short: I just didn't care.
2.5 stars. I've read worse pulps, but this is my second attempt at PJC & I haven't been impressed with either--although, as with the first, this one started with a good prologue/opening chapter before rolling downhill. Conclusion: this author can bait a hook, but sucks at the meat & potatoes. *crosses another name from Mediocre Shelf Clutter challenge*
2.5 stars. I've read worse pulps, but this is my second attempt at PJC & I haven't been impressed with either--although, as with the first, this one started with a good prologue/opening chapter before rolling downhill. Conclusion: this author can bait a hook, but sucks at the meat & potatoes. *crosses another name from Mediocre Shelf Clutter challenge*
November 1, 2021
The Devil Child. Well, the title was the only reason this book came to me. My friend who calls me Devil's Child found it and thought of giving it to me for my birthday. None of us has no clue about it. Good, bad, shit show or something else. Well NOW we know..
1. It's safe to say this book is totally and completely a rip off of We have always lived in the castle. Why I said 'it's safe to say' was cos WHALC was published before this. No, I'm not saying this is the same, I'm saying it's a rip off, same concept, different events and characters. WHALC was a masterpiece, this is just a wash down threadbare petticoat.
2. Melo-fucking-drama.. by trying to make the damn thing spookier, it just lost it's spookiness.
3. I like the language, so easy, If it's not for work, I would've finished it in 3 hours max.
4. Characters.. oh they all are bloody eccentric. Only Mr. Thomas seems alright.
5. Holes in the plot, dude, they're not holes, they're fucking craters. If Cooper filled those craters with something better, I think this book would've been much better.
Still, I'm one of those freaks who enjoys little sloppy books once in a while, I did enjoy it. Dude, after Rwanda and Stephen King, anything is ok to give a break to the brain.
Book #59 of 2021..
1. It's safe to say this book is totally and completely a rip off of We have always lived in the castle. Why I said 'it's safe to say' was cos WHALC was published before this. No, I'm not saying this is the same, I'm saying it's a rip off, same concept, different events and characters. WHALC was a masterpiece, this is just a wash down threadbare petticoat.
2. Melo-fucking-drama.. by trying to make the damn thing spookier, it just lost it's spookiness.
3. I like the language, so easy, If it's not for work, I would've finished it in 3 hours max.
4. Characters.. oh they all are bloody eccentric. Only Mr. Thomas seems alright.
5. Holes in the plot, dude, they're not holes, they're fucking craters. If Cooper filled those craters with something better, I think this book would've been much better.
Still, I'm one of those freaks who enjoys little sloppy books once in a while, I did enjoy it. Dude, after Rwanda and Stephen King, anything is ok to give a break to the brain.
Book #59 of 2021..
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