Off Season

De: Jack Ketchum

Narrado por: Richard Davidson

September. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River - off season - awaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall.

And before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surface...and that there are no limits at all to the will to survive.

©1981 Jack Ketchum (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"If you read Off Season on Thanksgiving, you probably won't sleep until Christmas." (Stephen King)

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not for the faint of heart

I knew Jack ketchum was dark even before I read the book. I still had some truly jaw dropping moments during this read. it's a good read, but definitely not for everyone.

Wow.

Not the most intense gore fest but woof- it's up there. Good stuff, good narrator too.

too gruesome

Would you try another book from Jack Ketchum and/or Richard Davidson?

Maybe. I'm hesitant because I didn't like how gruesome Off Season was. There was more swearing than I prefer too.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

During the action, the narrator was great. However, during the sections where backstory was being relayed, I didn't like the way the narrator sounded bored.

Do you think Off Season needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No.

Any additional comments?

When I bought this book I was looking for more of a ghost story and less of a gruesome "The Hills Have Eyes" sort of book. My disappointment is reflected by this misunderstanding. If you are looking for this type of suspenseful horror story, then I think you will be pleased with it.

Wrong Turn in Maine only more gory.

Ketchum doesn't pull punches. He didn't color in the lines as a child. Off Season is irreverent, in your face and a stone cold, heart stopping read. I love how the story's chapters are done with simple clock times. Next to McCarthy's Blood Meridian, it's the most violent, raw dog piece of story telling, I've read.

All the gore you could want

I really enjoyed how unexpected so much of this novel was. The first two deaths especially took me by surprise.
Story wise, I do feel the cops story line could have been expanded on.
The main reason I read this however, was for some extremely brutally deaths. And I got more gore than I ever expected. Absolutely loved it.