Having heard so much hype around this book, with both good reviews and bad ones, I had to read it for myself. I generally like forming my own opinions on books, and not only go into a book based off of a review.
So, this is the story of a man, Tom and his son Jake. Tom decides that moving to a new town is the best thing for him and his son, after the death of his wife ten months before. He hopes Featherbank is going to be the perfect place to start their life over, unaware of the history of the town.
Twenty years ago, there was a series of child murders. The man behind them, known as The Whisper Man, because his signature of whispering to the kids through their window, before he kidnaps and murders them. The man behind those murders is behind bars. But now, a new boy has been kidnapped, with the same signature, the whispering. And soon Jake begins to hear it, and sees a face in his bedroom window.
Is also follows the lead detective on the case twenty years ago Pete Willis, and the detective on this new disappearance, Amanda Beck. Willis, still haunted from the past case, and the body that he was never able to find.
Overall, I felt that this story was very well written, and the characters were very realistic, and believable. You felt what they felt. You could feel their struggles and heartaches.
While I don't believe that this book is as scary or frightening as it was hyped up to be, it was a very good story that had a lot of moments that gave you goosebumps. It kept me guessing, and and wondering who the new Whisper Man, really was. It had a lot of new twists at every turn. It was one of those that you don't want to put down once you start it, because their is always something happening.
This author really knows how to tell a story that keeps you interested. I am usually pretty good at figuring out who the bad guy a story is, and what is going to happen in the end. But that was not the case with this story. I would get an idea on who the bad guy was, only to be proved wrong. I would definitely recommend this book if you are a fan of stories that keep you guessing, and have some mystery to them. But do not go into it thinking that it is 'keep you up at night scary' because that wasn't my take on it. It was scary in the fact that it was realistic, that some of the things in this book could really happen.
So, this is the story of a man, Tom and his son Jake. Tom decides that moving to a new town is the best thing for him and his son, after the death of his wife ten months before. He hopes Featherbank is going to be the perfect place to start their life over, unaware of the history of the town.
Twenty years ago, there was a series of child murders. The man behind them, known as The Whisper Man, because his signature of whispering to the kids through their window, before he kidnaps and murders them. The man behind those murders is behind bars. But now, a new boy has been kidnapped, with the same signature, the whispering. And soon Jake begins to hear it, and sees a face in his bedroom window.
Is also follows the lead detective on the case twenty years ago Pete Willis, and the detective on this new disappearance, Amanda Beck. Willis, still haunted from the past case, and the body that he was never able to find.
Overall, I felt that this story was very well written, and the characters were very realistic, and believable. You felt what they felt. You could feel their struggles and heartaches.
While I don't believe that this book is as scary or frightening as it was hyped up to be, it was a very good story that had a lot of moments that gave you goosebumps. It kept me guessing, and and wondering who the new Whisper Man, really was. It had a lot of new twists at every turn. It was one of those that you don't want to put down once you start it, because their is always something happening.
This author really knows how to tell a story that keeps you interested. I am usually pretty good at figuring out who the bad guy a story is, and what is going to happen in the end. But that was not the case with this story. I would get an idea on who the bad guy was, only to be proved wrong. I would definitely recommend this book if you are a fan of stories that keep you guessing, and have some mystery to them. But do not go into it thinking that it is 'keep you up at night scary' because that wasn't my take on it. It was scary in the fact that it was realistic, that some of the things in this book could really happen.