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Comes the Blind Fury

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Cal and June Pendleton, along with their adopted 12-year-old daughter, Michelle, leave their urban lives in Boston for the peaceful, slower paced life Paradise Point has to offer.

Despite the idyllic name and New England locale, Paradise Point is seething with secrets. Set in 1980, the locals fear the century old story of a 12-year-old named Amanda who was blind. Taunted by her peers, Amanda is forced off a cliff to an early death.

Amanda's travails parallel those of Michelle. The former honor student who had no demerits or other negative marks on her previous report cards in Boston does an about face in Paradise Point. Michelle initially makes friends quickly with the local children and shines in the class she attends at Paradise Point. Things change for the worse for her when June gives birth to Jennifer and stories about Amanda and her shadowy history crop up. Michelle, like Amanda is injured in a fall from a cliff. Cal rebuffs her and no longer has anything to do with Michelle. Despondent, Michelle turns her affection to a mysterious doll she finds in a closet. She names the doll Amanda and suddenly...Amanda's fury grows. Several younger children with whom Michelle has made friends die in bizarre accidents. Michelle herself has "foggy vision" when she is with "Amanda." She claims to have met the original Amanda who died in 1880 and that she and the dead child share the doll named after her.

But was Amanda real? Was a blood stain really in the potter's shed on Michelle's property? If so, whose blood is it? Who left the mysterious sketches? Was Amanda really dead or had she somehow been reanimated? Was Michelle imagining things?

The parallel travails of two girls, separated by a century in time makes for some very riveting reading.

Oh, goodness,one of the best books I've ever read. People say it doesn't make sense but think about it! After she falls off the bluff running away from the mocking children on the beach her life takes a giant leap for the worse.Amanda ,the ghost, uses Michelle to see what she wants and Michelle is blamed for everyone she killed. I felt so bad for Michelle and angry towards her father who practically dis-owned her because of what had happened in the past. her new sister didn't help Michelle feel anymore important either.It was so sad that it actually made me cry.I was really disappointed with the ending but the whole book in general was fantastic!

This is by far one of Saul's best books. Scary and thrilling, this book is what a horror novel should be. Saul is a hit or miss author, but this is one of his earliest and best works. It is a great place for a reader new to Saul to start. You will not be disappointed.

This has to be one of the most subtly, relentlessly, deliciously, and persistently scary book you'll ever read. I've read it over fifteen years ago, but I still remember feeling my scalp tingling, jumpling, sweating, and otherwise behaving erratically while I was reading it in a broad daylight. Highly recommended.

Comes the Blind Fury is one of John Saul's early classics. It contains all the elements that the writer's fans expect and love...a dysfunctional family, teen (or pre-teen) angst, a gothic/small town setting, a dollop of the supernatural (that would turn technological within a few books) hidden within a mystery that goes back into the town's early history, and murder.

Once again a troubled family moves to a small town in the hopes of starting fresh. Sadly their adopted daughter's inner emotional turmoil attracts the restless and revenge thristing spirit of a blind girl that met a tragic end nearly one hundred years ago (hence the title). As the girl's sanity weakens the spirit grows stronger and the bodies began piling up. Saul's fourth novel (following Suffer the Children, Punish the Sinners, and Cry for the Strangers) is one of his best, a tight and polished thriller that delivers the chills. Recommended.

I read this book waaaay back in the day when I was a teen in the early 80s. It was the first scary book I ever read and it scared the pants off of me! Even though I usually stay away from horror stories and movies, I couldn't stop reading. Since then, I've read a few more of John Saul's books which were all good, but, I have to admit that as I've gotten older, I only read them in small doses in order to keep from scaring myself into a heart attack!

This book about an ancient hate in a modern day setting was the BOMB!!!!I totally loved it!It will always be my favorite books.I've read all of John Saul's books and that is the best one of tham all.

I read this book in Middle School and thought it was creepy back then. Its still holds up today as one spooky read. I also really enjoyed Suffer the Children and Punish the sinners.

Ghost kids are just creepy "if you ask me"

As an avid reader of Saul's books, I must say I was pretty impressed with this book even with it being one of his earlier writings. I've read some of the less desirable reviews and wondered if it'd be worth my time to read. Let's just say that I'm glad I went for "glory" and read it anyway. This story was very good and a wonderful page turner.

John Saul is an amazing author and Comes The Blind Fury is just another one of his breakthrough novels. This is an awesome book with strange twists and a mind-boggling plot. The book isn't necessarily beyond adult level vocabulary-wise, making it an even better book. It's not necessarily going to make you not want to put the book down if it's got words in it you'll only find in dictionaries better than Webster. I admit I'm one of many who gets so into a book that I'm still thinking about it days to weeks after I've finished it, thinking something's still gonna happen even though the book is finished! If you read "Comes The Blind Fury", you WON'T be disappointed.