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Advantages: Answers questions about the Ripper
Disadvantages: It's just fiction

Follows the story of Trevor Bentley a fifteen year old boy that lives in London East End. The date is 8 November 1888 and Trevors mother has been beaten by a drunken friend of his fathers (who is deceased).After rendering the man unconscious with the fireplace poker Trevor heads out to retrieve his uncle.Finding his uncle not at home Trevor sets out on foot determined not to return home without him. After several mishaps and some nasty close ...
...warm himself.After a bit of investigating he finds the room is the dwelling of an unfortunate named Mary Kelly.Hearing voices returning to the room Trevor dives under the bed to hide. Eventually they leave and Trevor drifts off to sleep.Later he is awoken by a squeal,not a squeal of pleasure like she had been making earlier,but one filled with pain and fear.Frozen in fear he hears the wet smacking sounds of flesh being carved and blood drips ... Read review

Advantages: The Plot And Storyline Is Immense
Disadvantages: Complicated In Some Parts - Read Properly If You Want Full Understanding :)

...I persuaded him to buy it for us and my brother to watch (ever do DVD nights? No, neither do we! But I thought it would be a nice change). I liked the film. Not really scary, but I really liked the idea of a killer clown. Imagine my delight when I heard there was a book out which apparently was absolutley brilliant. The main characters are The "Losers Club" : Beverly Marsh - The only female of the group.. A fiesty, pretty 11 year old redhead whose ...
...shape-shifting monster referred to as IT is killing innocent children, until seven wily youngsters fight back; The Losers Club. After individual and group encounters with IT - who takes the form of their biggest fears (but mostly as a terrifying clown named Pennywise) - the youngsters decide to destroy the creature. Enter the Ritual Of Chüd, fighting IT down in the sewers. Thinking they have destroyed IT, the 11 and 12 year olds soon go their separate ... Read review

Advantages: Feels like you know the characters
Disadvantages: Ermmmm

The Long Walk is a book written by Stephen King under the pen name Richard Bachman. It is part of the Bachman Books which are all set in the future. It is the story about several different men and their journey through the country as they take part in a gruelling 450 mile long marathon which is the ultimate sports challenge. With merciless heat and limited rations, their prize if they win is a huge amount of money. Most of the men die and the book ...
...who are taking part. The Long Walk was written by King in 1966 but even today , it is read by many people. It is an excellent read and i would recommend it to anyone who liked horror books. You would like this book if you liked Rage or The Running Man. ... Read review

Advantages: Great Stortyline, Perfect Script Idea For a Movie
Disadvantages: Takes a bit of time to get into the story

...joy, you name it , Life Expectancy has got it, as soon as I read it, I was out to the shops the next day to buy it, and it sits proudly on my bookshelf and I read it when I want to relax...I really you buy this book. You won't be dissapointed I assure you all of it!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Fantasy in a modern setting.
Disadvantages: It had to end.

...Landy lives in Dublin and Skulduggery Pleasant and it's sequel are his first books, which are soon due to be made into a film. However enough about the author. More about the book. Well, it is a very striking looking book, which I like. If a book has a boring outer shell, I tend to be disinterested before even reading the blurb. However, the Skulduggery Pleasant book is definately one that would attract even the lover of the weirdest and kookiest ...
...this is, the fact that Skulduggery Pleasant is a skeleton brought back from the dead explains in pretty much in a nutshell. The picture on the front by Tom Percival is predominantely of a terrifying looking skeleton in what appears to be a trilby, scarf, shirt, tie and jacket ensemble, with flames coming out of his finger bones. In the foreground are the silhouettes of four people, two girls (one of whom is brandishing a sword) Skulduggery himself ... Read review