Lucy's Child - Shaun Hutson

Advantages: A gripping horror story
Disadvantages: Damn near scared the pants off me!

...regret but no, she's glad Lucy's dead and out of her life and she refuses to mourn her passing. This is where the story really gets going as although Lucy is brain dead, the doctor's discover that she's pregnant and agree to keep her body alive so that the baby has a chance to live. Beth, unable to have children of her own is overjoyed by this and although Simon begs her to let Lucy be put to rest she is determined to have her baby and bring it up ...
...to her but Lucy's unborn child. Strange things start to happen both at home and at Brackley Heath. Lights flash on and off, radios and computers switch on by themselves, patients are woken in the night by a woman who isn't there. Ghostly figures appear from out of the shadows and disappear just as quickly leaving Simon wondering if they were ever there in the first place. Simon starts to realise that Karen Gregson is somehow connected to it all but ... Read review

Advantages: Graphic detail
Disadvantages: All books must end

Lucy's Child was the second Shaun Hutson book that I bought and because his books are so good i now own lots of them. This book is fully of graphic gory detail which many authors do not include in thier stories. I absolutuely loved it and could read it again and again. The story as with all of Hutson's books are amazing and the end of every chapter leaves you NEEDING to read the rest. I just could not put this book down and read it within a week ... Read review

Advantages: Supernatural stuff
Disadvantages: All summarised on the back page

Once again, what might be an OK read is spoiled by the extensive bit on the back of the book, which tells EVERYTHING, leaving little thought for those who want to read a book without knowing the first 100+ pages' worth of plot. The story revolves around 2 sisters, who have each been treated differently by their parents, and the younger one, Lucy is VERY resentful. Off the tracks, and out of control, she is driven by a need for vengeance (oh- and ...
...in a sudden uncharateristic lull in her life. Her brother in law is a psychatrist, and the story goes off at a tangent, with one of the patients having psychic links to Lucy- but why bother with explanations for this, or many of the other plot ploys? If you can read a book when you're bored, and without needing to actually take anything in, this could be one for you. Personally, I wouldn't (and didn't) go out of my way to get hold of it. ... Read review