A priest and a female reporter come face-to-face with the nightmare of the whipping boy--a sideshow freak who takes on other people's woes and leaves them with an unspeakable evil.
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Whip It Good!,
By Scott Petersen (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Whipping Boy (Mass Market Paperback)
I've always thought of John Byrne as a competent, if unspectacular, author, but Whipping Boy was a compelling read. Byrne's hypothesis of "what if there were no guilt" quickly leads the characters in a downward spiral that is all-too-believable. Whipping Boy, when read in a contemporary America of school shootings, child abuse and use of illicit narcotics, is a gripping cautionary tale about the decline of morality and the consequences of a society that too often takes the easy way out.
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John Byrne is to horror what John Byrne is to super heroes.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Whipping Boy (Mass Market Paperback)
A story that unfolds like a great horror movie. John Byrne introduces us to several characters who may seem insignificant at first, but come around to be major forces by the end. The evil charcters in this book are so real that you shake when they are in the page. The hapless victims under the Whipping Boy's thrall are you, me, anybody. When you can see yourself in their shoes, you feel a shiver crawl up your spine and nest in your brain's dark recesses.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best horror novels of the decade!,
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This review is from: Whipping Boy (Mass Market Paperback)
John Byrne has created a masterpiece of modern horror. At times it becomes a truly disturbing look into the human conscience. Byrne's characters are genuine, real, and average, which makes the horrors they commit all the more atrocious. This book is a must read.
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