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Cat's Cradle

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Here's the description from the back of this book to help you decide if this book is for you: "No one knew where she had come from. She was just a scrap of a girl clinging to a black cat with eerie yellow eyes. A lost child or an orphan, maybe. It was a miracle she had survived on Eden Mountain at all. Suddenly strange things began to happen in placid Ruger County, bizarre killings that the police couldn't solve. Horrifying accidents that the people couldn't comprehend. An insatiable beast was stalking their lovers' lanes, their swimming holes, and their children. No one noticed how quickly the little girl's pale cheeks turned pink with health. How her frail body filled out with sleek, lithe muscles and feline grace. And no one noticed that at night her innocent blue eyes turned an eerie, evil yellow ..."

This story would definetely make a B-horror flick, but I enjoy reading Johnstone's horror novels. Classic Good vs. Evil, God vs. Satan. In a rural county in Virginia, the devil's child and cat are awakened by an engineer in a mine. Bad mistake. Before this, Johnstone gives a background to how the girl came about and what has been happening over the course of about 2 centuries.

Well, all Hades breaks loose. The girl and cat survive on human flesh. If you happen to survive their attack, you turn into a beast. Also, Satan calls upon the cats in the town and county to attack humans. This book is full of gore and is not for the weak stomach. It is actually one of Johnstone's goriest I've read, next to The Uninvited and Bats, also good horror novels.

This story gets complicated as the sheriff and state troopers are trying to figure out what is going on, then the Feds get involved, headed by an insane person. The angle with the Feds, OSS, CIA, FBI and so on gets complicated at times. The main reason they're there, is to try and harness this evil and use as a weapon against the Russians. Yeah, right! Did not work as several are killed....

To find out what happens, read the book.

Only a couple of things about this novel that are negatives, lots of cursing and disregard for a few Christian denominations.

When I was younger I read a book that I really enjoyed and spent years trying to remember what the title was. I could remember all of the character's and the setting but not the title. Well , thanks to modern computer's and the internet , I now know that book was Cat's Cradle and I am so happy to have the chance to read it again. It really is a gory novel , but that is what I loved about it the first time and what I still find interesting about it now , even after 19 years. Excellent gore novel. 5 stars.

The story is good, the characters were fine but sometimes I got kinda lost in the story. But it dosen't matter because the idea was great. Reading this book on a stormy friday night was scary. It's horrible to think what would happend to an little county were people were living without knowing, that one day, the Devil and his cats would take over their peacefuly little lives. Anyhow, the book was really good, and if you want to have a little bit of Hell during your day, read this book.

This book was one of the best I ever read. The contents of the book was a switch to what I thought. The idea Satan versus God is one of the best. I actually felt like Dan Garret was a real part of my life.

i bought this book for a dime at a yard sale a few years ago. since then ive read it about 4 1/2 times. it is the best book ever written. i couldnt put it down, even after finishing it!!! i think that it would make a great horror film (hint hint to anyone reading this who is in the movie business!) but anyway, if you enjoy blood and gore and ancient demons definately pick up this book. in fact try to take it out of your local library. youre sure to buy it soon after!!!

Fast-past action and quick and clever dialouge keep you on the edge of your seat with William W. Johnstone's Cat's cradle. The book's story is comprised of three different books. The story consists of blood- bath killing sprees. This is a fiction book that should be rated Pg-13. The book is about a 1/2 cat, 1/2 girl, which goes out and kills many people throughout Ruger County. I think this is a gtreat horror book, but I wouldn't suggest a 13 year old or under to read it.

Was very happy to find this book, as I had read it when I was 11 or 12, and lost track of it...It arrived in excellent condition, and subsequently was read. Its just as horrific as I remember (which, in this case, is a good thing) I am very happy to have this book in my possession once more :)

I read this book when I was 12 years old, fresh into junior high school. I'd found it among my brother's book collection when he moved off to college and relished the freshness of ... a book without the rosy-tinted happy-endings of our Accelerated Reader program at school.

Now, about ten years later, I seem to remember the book traumatizing me a bit. I had nightmares quite a bit after finishing it. Nevertheless, it was a life-changing book for me (taking this statement with a grain of salt-- I was, after all, 12). The blood, gore, evil, and general terror of the novel made me appreciate the darker side of literature.

Not for the faint of heart.

And not for people who like cats. I do like cats, and I was terrified for weeks of my own.

I really wanted to read this book. I saw it while grocery shopping and was intrigued by the cover; I really love stories involving creepy kids and the cat looked cute in an evil way, of course. When I got home with my purchase, I started reading it and soon discovered I just couldn't continue. Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you - Johnstone's writing style is atrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to feign interest in it. He writes in small, simple, annoyingly terse sentences, making it very hard for me to get involved in the story. I enjoy rich imagery and his style does absolutely nothing for me in this regard. I almost feel bad writing such a harsh review for a book I didn't fully read, and any other time I might *briefly* consider trying again if I didn't think it'd be too painful. Maybe I'll pass this book on to my little brother if he can even stand it. I'd advise anyone NOT to buy this book until you actually get a look at it because the style is that awful.