The uninvited

340 pages

English language

Published Jan. 25, 2012 by W F Howes.

ISBN:
978-1-4712-0605-4
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OCLC Number:
810819016

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4 stars (1 review)

A seven-year-old girl puts a nail-gun to her grandmother's neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own mystery to solve.

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4 stars

Holy crap this was creepy. If you have anything to do with small kids, this book will make uncomfortable reading. The story is about a global outbreak of violence against adults, perpetrated by children. The children have no memory of the incidents once they're over, and they feel no remorse.
 
The protagonist is Hesketh Locke, an anthropologist with Asperger's. Locke's quirks and coping mechanisms make for an interesting character who you don't pity because he clearly doesn't see himself as disadvantaged by his different way of viewing the world.
 
It's well worth a look, but be warned that's this is not strictly a horror story - it's more of a cautionary tale than anything. Some people were disappointed by the ending and I can see why, but I enjoyed it.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Violence in children
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Families