The Quiet

by Patrick Billings

As the mutilated bodies of women continue to turn up in Yellowstone National Park, the apparent victims of killer grizzly bears, a cold, calculating, and deviously evil presence stalks the park, living out his mad childhood fantasies

Genres: Horror

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Jordan Anderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

If the idea of rampaging grizzly bears fueled by PCP and a serial killer with serious mommy issues against Yellowstone rangers and Indian folklore sounds too good to be true…well, that’s because it is.

The Quiet is a mess of a novel. Not because it’s hard to follow to not make sense, but because it’s just so underwhelming and pointless.

The backstories for the characters are lame and unoriginal. The use of American Indian folklore as an engine for the plot is also nothing new. The characters themselves are unlikable with no redeeming qualities. I suppose I should give Billings some credit for his descriptions of Yellowstone National Park but those took up more page space than the story itself.

Just a very forgettable horror novel amongst many other forgettable horror novels.

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this! I love national parks and this was well written and the Native American lore was cool as well. Did guess the killer right away though but I usually do pretty quickly so I’m used to it.

* apart of the books I’m reading with my dad/aunt

[Zé Burns · Rating 2 out of 5]

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