This is a very in-depth book of the author's experiences with a true demonic force that terrorized his family for years in the home where they lived in Pittsburgh. It is fast paced and kept my attention throughout the whole book. The book gives plenty of information on what caused the demon to manifest in the home. This is a pretty creepy book and I am giving it four stars.
I read "The Demon of..." *falls asleep.............snore............* Oh sorry there! I was bored of my own review of this extremely boring book that I actually finished reading because I hoped, I HOPED, that it would get better.
The reason I take issue with this book is not because it's written very poorly, or that the first half of the book is all about how amazing Bob Cranmer is (he starts to come off as pretty narcissistic), but because Bob Cranmer is not a nice man to his family.
Yep - this book is boring. The first half of the book is all about Bob. Bob's "historic" political career. How Bob's background in military intelligence (which to most military is an oxymoron) helped him research things...on Google. Bob loves Bob.
Bob may also love his family - he tells us many times how he would fight to the end for them - but he talks about his daughter and his wife with a sense of disappointment. There are no spoilers for this book because if you've read or seen any "true life" ghost book or tv show you know the outcome already. In the epilogue Bob talks about how his family fares. Only the young men in his family have come out on top. His daughter - well she didn't live up to his expectations. His wife - she lost the 80 pounds she gained during their years of torment.
What? Why do we need to know these things? They are totally not relevant to the story.
Heck, the book is not relevant to the story.
This might have been a better book if Mr. Cranmer and his co-author (who's not listed above...) had written the book as a based on true life experience. They could have added some punch and interest. But instead this book reads like a really bad blog About Me post. With a bit of religious stuff and some paranormal activity thrown in.
It's not scary. It's not at all suspenseful. It's sad more than anything. But not sad enough to elicit tears. It's just an all around not worth the price book. Wish I hadn't bought it - guess I was just in the Halloween mood.
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