Aah, just got finished reading a rather interesting new book... that doesn't really fall into any specific category (likewise).
It's called 'House' (???) by Frank Peritti and Ted Dekker. Pretty much two couples (Jack and Stephanie, Randy [eek, RON-DEE... I love that guy] and Leslie) all have their cars mysteriously (pfft, their tires were spiked) "stop working" on the Alabama backroads. They decide to shelter at a small "hotel" that they both came across (NOTICE: Randy and Leslie got there first and the two to learn a thing about each other until a little later).
They meet the owners, Stewart -- a bulky man with not a pound of fat on his body -- oddball Betty, and Pete, their mentally retarded son.
When they are suddenly locked inside the house the found themselves playing a deadly game with a serial killer (who I love even more than RON-DEE... I hadn't known that was possible. Be warned, Doof still takes the cake).
The rules of his game become clear when a tin can with the rules scrawed on it is tossed into the house:
Welcome to my Hosue
House Rules
1. God came to my house and I killed him.
2. I will kill anyone just like I killed God.
3. Bring me a dead body and I might let rule #2 slide.
Game ends at dawn.
See? As "scary" as the author intended it to be, I can't help but find myself drawn into the killers' aura of complete awesomeness.
Pretty much the book is about that. WIth Jack and Randy trying to escape through the front door White (the "killer") drives a car through and virually blocking off any escape by the time the return to the room (it's... weird... weird supernatural type stuff in a way, I suppose). They find themselves chased into the basement where the real came begins; the perfect arena. Catacombs of former underground railroad type thing.
That's pretty much just what it's about... loved the book though was quite disappointed when of the the most shady characters turns out to be not so shady.
Aah, Randy's coward-ness, psychoticness, crowbar/knife/shotgun moments and mental/emotional break down moments where certainly some of the best as well as some of his utterly stupid sayings and lines: "I garun-freacking-tee". As well, as "ONE DEAD BODY, JACK!!" "Are you planning on killing me, Randy? Hmm? Is that it?" "That's not what I was suggesting!! But I'm not dying..." and how could I resist: "As soon as he got out of their, he'd go through some surgery to fix hus bowels up."
And Whites' overall intelligence, sophistication, cross between angel and demon...-ness-ness makes him so utterly attractive and interesting. I also love some of his lines "The truck in the wall had been a nice touch." And of course, White was armed, and white knew the catacombs. White was perfect, it seemed. Flawless in a certain light. I mean, you can't nesscarily call a serial killer flawless because they do have few blemishes on their file somewhere deep down.
I also had to make myself believe certain things to alter the ending of the book for my own pleasure. I did feel as if a few thigns were cop outs but it was a decent book all together.
Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:49 pm by eeemeee
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