The TRAP [Hardcover]

Tabitha King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1985

The Trap, Tabitha King, MacMillan, 1985, 1st edition, 312 pages. Description: Book; Blue boards and spine with silver lettering to spine only. Interesting variant on this example; the spine is stamped slightly off center resulting in the first letter of the author's first name appearing partially on the rear panel, as does the first letter of the title's second word. Still, the silver lettering is bright and not chipped. Dust jacket; White border with black lettering around a blue winter setting and white lettering, photo of author on rear panel, not price clipped. Condition: Book; Near fine. With the above variant, the top and bottom of the spine are soft and slightly faded, else fine. Dust jacket; Very good. No tears or chips and only minor rubbing to the edges, some fading to all panels, some dirt and sticker residue on spine and front panel but still a very presentable example. Now protected in Brodart.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; First Edition edition (April 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025631403
• ISBN-13: 978-0025631403
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,781,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thursday's child, third daughter of six, third child of eight.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, Shoking, Disturbing, June 15, 2001

By 

Sebastien Pharand (Orléans, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Trap (Signet) (Paperback)

The Trap is a greatly disturbing novel about the horrors afflicted on a family during a one-year span. It's not enough that this family lives through everyday coldness and separation. A very disturbing act of violence is about to fall upon them and shatter their lives forever.

I bought The Trap because Tabitha King is Stephen King's wife. I knew her style and genre opposed her husband's, but never did I thought that she would be such a beautifully skilled author. King takes her time to write her prose; her beautiful and usually long sentences create a narrative yearning that one can't help but admire. The story is slow moving, but that's the brilliance behind the book. Once that horrible act happens more than halfway through the book, it takes you by total surprise.

Her characters are strong and very distinct; unlike most ficiton, her characters feel real and believable. So once the shocking event occurs more than halfway through the book, you can't help but feel sorry for the characters that are involved. You just want to leap into the page and give them a hand.

King takes her time writing her prose, something that the typical thrill-a-minute seeker will not be able to appreciate. But The Trap is a very important work that affects its readers on many, many levels. It's a hard and complicated story to read, but it's compelling in that it is able to evoke emotions in the reader that most authors can only dream of touching. I can't wait to read more from this terrific author.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit rough, but a great start., September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Trap (Signet) (Paperback)

This is the book that hooked me on Tabitha King. I found that I much preferred her writing to that of her husband and set out to find all that she had published. Though this is not my favorite book by Ms. King, it is nonetheless a worthy read. It will make you look around corners and think twice while hiking alone. For a complete change of direction, make your next read "Pearl" by this promising author.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Book!, March 10, 2001

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Rachel (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trap (Signet) (Paperback)

I loved this book. I thought the characters were fascinating and richly textured, as they always tend to be in Tabitha King's writings. Liv's friendship with Miss Alden was wonderful. And it's always great to get another point of view on Nodd's Ridge.