The Night Church [Hardcover]

Whitley Strieber (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067146955X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671469559
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,124,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Should have been better, May 22, 2004

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David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Church (Paperback)

A pair of young lovers gradually discovers that they are integral parts of a centuries-old Satanist conspiracy to rule the world. A good idea that begins well is largely undone by mediocre prose and plotting that fails to integrate the threads of its story. The most fascinating aspect of the novel, the revelation of a secret history of warfare between the Catholic Church and a powerful dynasty of Satanists, is tossed off in a series of asides that turn out to have little to do with the main story. We are set up to anticipate the arrival of a certain character who is dispatched as soon as he pokes his head up. Whitley Streiber could have done better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Satanist conspiracy thriller is diverting, nothing more, June 2, 2000

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Church (Paperback)

This book is standard Strieber, great concept flattened by mediocre writing. A Satanist cult is out to destroy the world with a super plague. Somewhere between The Stand and The X-Files, just nowhere near as good.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Do you think this thing might actually be bigger than Queens?", February 4, 2011

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J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Church (Hardcover)

There's a lot more going on in Queens than this New Yorker ever suspected. In Whitley Streiber's Night Church, a secret ancient cult takes over a Catholic church with the aim of creating a new species that looks human but isn't. This is all part of a plot to take over the world. There's some sex on the altar, the Pope finds out, special agents are sent to defeat this horrendous plot against us, etc....

If all this sounds confusing, it is. It's not the best thriller I've ever read, but I give it an extra star for the Queens setting. It's just too, too exciting to read that all of this is going on in my neighborhood. If only I could figure out how this will effect property values!

If you've ever lived in Queens or are a die-hard fan of Whitley Strieber you will want to read this one.