Bring Me Children [Import] [Paperback]

David Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747238227
• ISBN-13: 978-0747238225
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,121,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only 100 Pages through, but OH MY GOD!!!!!, May 14, 2002

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Scott Heath (Auckland Nouvelle Zélande) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bring Me Children (Hardcover)

Well, as the title suggests, I am only just under 100 pages through this book, and I am utterly awe-struck by the whole affair.
This books out-grosses anything that any other horror author I have ever read has(and probably ever WILL) write.

Nothing compares to the sheer sickness of this book, it contains everything you could ask for - gore,sex,incest, horror, etc.

Read it now!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointment, November 3, 2002

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T.F.H. "ozlifter" (McAlester, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bring Me Children (Paperback)

I bought this book after reading the reviews here. I was greatly disappointed.
It just wasn't scary. Sure, it had a lot of "twisted" characters, but none were too well imagined. A blind doctor who wants to gouge out people's eyes with a spoon, a black woman who practices voodoo, a fat cop who's kind of dumb. Nothing that original.
The gore was kept to a minimum, although one scene at towards the end attempted to make up for the relatively bloodless book. It didn't work. There were a couple of gratuitous sex scenes though. Probably the most descriptive sex scenes I've ever read in a book. I just found them exploitative and pointless.
David Martin doesn't have a true writer's flair either. His words often fall flat. There is no beauty or style to his prose.
Avoid this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-Thumping Horror!, December 28, 2001

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"glennmiller3" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bring Me Children (Paperback)

This novel features: a blind doctor who is completely mad and sadistic; a washed-up reporter in turmoil; an exotically beautiful girl. There are depraved games of torture, and perverse eroticism.

I was reading this book late one night when, just as I got into a scene with the mad doctor mutilating one of his victims, I was startled by a loud noise on the roof. I actually jumped, and my heart thumped. It was a possum running around up there. Even though I knew what it was I had trouble shaking the fear. This is the first book which has affected me so powerfully.

I loved that sensation, and kept on reading right through the night until I had finished the book. David Martin is a master of suspense!