By Robert Cormier
(Harper Collins,
203 pages, $8.95)
Reviewed by
Ranwick
Well, I picked up
the book not really sure what it was about, and half way through I still wasn't
sure but once I grasped hold of what was going on I couldn't put the book down.
In the Middle of
the Night is about an accident in a theater where a balcony collapses on a
number of small children, and kills them, and a few are injured. The owner of
the theatre kill himself and everyone is out to blame John the usher who was
investigating the noises from the balcony at the time. Today the usher has
grown up and has a son. A victim, who died in the accident but came back to
life that day, is out for revenge on the usher's son.
The novel is hard
to follow at first because there are jumps from one character view to another,
to piece together a whole view of the story.
The structure of
the story is from 3 different views, one is the victim's brother, the second is
the fathers and the third is the son's.
When you start to
piece together each view you just can't put the book down, this suspense
thriller will definitely keep you holding on to the book until the end. I found
the book very enthralling and exciting. I can easily say this has been the best
book I have read this year. Robert Cormier has pleased me with this fine novel.
In the Middle of
the Night is an exciting, entertaining thriller, which you get to piece
together yourself, a very enjoyable read.
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