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Great read in my opinion. Goes into the true heart of everyone. We all have things we want bad to the point were some people think they need.

Ending could have been more explanatory but overall a great read

I apologize that this is more commentary than review, but many other reviews go into the details of the plot. Let me just say that this book's Evil One plays his game with people's greatest longings, pitting one against the other, while creating carnage and destruction in the process. As it plays out, it is irresistible. Splendid Stephen King.

However. . .after reading most of the Stephen King novels, I find myself always approaching his resolutions warily. He draws me (and, presumably, you) into a wonderfully imagined situation where average people are enmeshed in some horrific web of evil, at which point he sometimes suffers an imagination cramp (or loses interest?) and starts blowing things up, revealing his Bad Guy as the father of all horrors--usually through a series of skin-splitting, gooey, pus-coated transformations. In other words generally laying waste, over many pages, with familiar Stephen Kingish gadgets.

I was loving Desperation, for instance, but found myself increasingly frustrated by his endless digressions, page after page describing the rotting disintegration or gory destruction of various characters.

The greatest disappointment for me, however, was Rose Madder, where his unusually straight approach to a frighteningly real character--an abused and pursued woman--was sustained until the very end, when he suddenly shoved the whole problem into a painting on the wall and brought on one of his monsters. Perhaps dealing with the plight of a woman cornered by a truly brutal man was more than King wanted to deal with. We'll never know.

So as the dynamite was being planted in Needful Things, I began to hear my Another Apocalyptic Ending alarm. But, happily, it faded. When all the bang boom crash became merely the background for a far more satisfying and original resolution, I found myself much relieved. A contented feller.

The epilogue, in fact, even left me laughing. It's a nice little twist.

Last thing: Was I the only one that found himself/herself snerkling at King's black humor descriptions of
the Faithful out in the storm, pounding away on each other as their town blows up around them?

Well the book was a trip it was cool but also pretty scary to go along with everything else. Killing a kid to get a baseball card is screwed up, don't you think. It's a good thing that man stopped it all. Facing a mass murderer like that takes guts. They get into a big scruffle then the man throws the mass murderer into the big fire place. That's awsome. To be honest, I kind of felt bad for the guy but at the same time I didn't. So with a mass murderer dead, the town goes back to normal. But I don't think the guy who killed the mass murder will have a normal life from the drama. But I don't think he'll have guilt following him. Castle Rock, the small town in Maine, was the perfect place for a mass murderer.

Needful Things focuses on what the town of Castle Rock thinks is a great bargain when it turns out, they're paying more than what they've bartered for.

The characters are well written and developed; King has a way of telling how each character feels through 3rd person. Everything is tied together at the end of the novel making it very enjoyable.

Thanks to this book, I became a Stephen King fan.

A most intriguing and terrifying journey into the darkest depths of the human heart. Such a good read.

I would buy from you again. Quick service and the book is just as advertised.

It's been awhile since a great vampire story has come along... Moore has really gone in a brand new direction with this one. Gone are all the vampire myths that we all know. But what makes this great is Tommy. Here's this semi-normal guy who knows the fictitious stories of vampires as well, and he now gets to compare notes with the real deal. Truly funny and original. Really loved the story.

This is not a romance novel. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that guys might not like this as much as gals. It is about a quirky, interesting vampire/human relationship. Jody gets turned into vampire. She needs a male helper who can run errands for her during the day. She meets Tommy a night worker at Safeway stores. Tommy says a lot of funny things. It's a fun relationship between Tommy as a human and Jody as a vampire.

Sexual content: not evaluated, but as I recall there was some sex. Setting: current day California. Copyright: 1995. Genre: humorous, contemporary, paranormal fiction.

I know it makes me sound like a rube, but the only reason I heard of Christopher Moore is because I grabbed this book at Costco. I had no idea what to expect, but really enjoyed it. I have never been a big fan of the vampire genre, but this book seems to transcend it. Ironically, this is the second vampire book (the other being Already Dead by Charlie Huston) I have read in less than a month, after reading maybe one other in my entire life.

Bloodsucking Fiends is clever, funny, sexy, and light, and all written with an almost sing-song tone. I flew through this book, and would recommend it to anyone looking to suspend disbelief and go for a fun ride. I will read more of Moore.

My first Christopher Moore book, and my favorite still. Will make you LOL! After this read Fluke and Lamb, they are fantastic too. You Suck was good, I just finished The lust lizard of melancholy cove, it was not Mr. Moore's best work, I'd avoid that one. Next on the list Practical Demon keeping and I'm hoping for another winner!

Great artwork and stories, a collection of works on par with Dark Horse's excellent quality. The main story is a fantastic read, and the short stories offer a lot of variety ("the Web" is downright creepy).

Plus, this bad boy is over 400 pages (all of these omnibuses are). No advertisements, just pure story. Well worth every penny.

I would give more stars on this review, cause the contents of AVP are very good. Excellent artwork decent story arcs, but poor packaging is what ruined my experience. When I received the order, the book looked as though it had been dropped, the edges were bent badly and a little torn, even though I had paid for a new book, this is what I got. I dealt with customer service and received a meager ten dollar discount for an over fifty dollar order, I am less than pleased.

This book has everything that i wanted to find without having to buy twenty different comics. I recommend this to anyone that wants the story from the beginning with out having to search to hard.

This book brings back some serious nostalgia, as I had an issue of the first comic in this book. After reading the entire collection front to back I have to say that the first one and the last are pretty good, with Eternal being my second favorite. But if you are a fan of the two franchises this is worth a pickup.

With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark Horse a success when they started out over twenty years ago was the licensing of popular characters from film into comics format such as Aliens, Predator, and Star Wars. They continue to enjoy enormous success with these licensed properties today.

Aliens Vs. Predator Vol. 1 is one of the first of these omnibus editions presenting 456 pages of story and art. Now the Dark Horse Omnibus books are a bit smaller than their Marvel and DC counterparts, and they are also a bit more expensive. But, the Dark Horse books are the only one of the three being presented in color. The biggest complaints the people seem to have about the Essentials/Showcase Presents books is that they are in black and white. The material in this book was originally presented in the previous graphic novels: Aliens Vs. Predator; Aliens Vs. Predator: War; Aliens Vs. Predator: Eternal, as well as stories from Dark Horse Presents.

What we will learn is that the Predator race, known going forward as the Hunters, have been hunting the Xenophobes for a long, long time. In fact, the presence of the bugs on so many worlds, and in so many different climates, is basically the fault of the Hunters who have basically colonized worlds throughout the galaxy with the Alien's eggs for the sole purpose of hunting them when they've matured. Now that's quite a sport!

The best story in the book is Aliens Vs. Predator: War and the events take place directly following the Aliens Vs. Predator lead story. Machiko Noguchi is a human female who helped a hunter kill an alien and was accepted into Hunter society. Well, accepted is the wrong term...more like she's tolerated, but she is trained in Hunter lore and combat skills by the clan chief, Topknot, and even accompanies them on their hunts for the bugs, including the capturing of an Alien Queen. The Hunter's regular plans entail capturing queens and keeping her prisoner as they harvest her eggs and place them on various worlds. When the Hunters bring the eggs to a human outpost, Noguchi has to decide if her loyalty is to her new society or to her species.

Aliens Vs. Predator: Eternal is another excellent storyline, taking place on modern day Earth. A wealthy man has exploited the finding of a Hunter spacecraft, even unlocking the secrets of their cloaking ability. After many years his scientists have finally managed to open the ships cargo bay...that is filled with egg-like objects...

It's interested to note the difference in art styles in the book, or perhaps more accurately, the difference in printing. The earliest story dates to 1989 - 1990 and was still done in traditional panel style comic art. Moving up to the more recent stories where the art is printed right to the edge of the page and is without borders. It's really quite a difference when you have the two to compare side-by-side.

For 460 pages of full color material, these omnibus editions are a great value and present some of Dark Horse's finest work.

REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON

I borrowed this book from my cousin's friend when I was ten years old in the fourth grade. Most of the stories was good, but I don't recommend this book to young readers. My favorite story is Bloody Mary. Because of that story, I couldn't sleep. I thought she was going to jump out the mirroir at midnight and kill me, and I start seeing her. Or it was my imagination. I know it wasn't. I do recommend this book for readers.

Richard and Judy Young, professional storytellers based at Silver Dollar City, Mo., collected the favorite scary stories of American children. The authors admonish tellers to tell these stories responsibly in the introduction.

There is a table of contents, but the twenty-three stories are in no apparent order. The illustrations are simple ink drawings with blue accents. They are not integral to the stories.

Most of the tales are American or European in origin and a few are from Asia brought here by immigrants and soldiers returning from Viet Nam.

The stories are mostly quite short and easily told as written. The stories are divided into three groups: for ages 5 or 6, 7 or 8, and 9 or 10. The older group could also enjoy reading the stories.

The source notes, though brief, are detailed. The authors list the history of the tale and in many cases who they first heard it from.

The "Afterword for parents, teachers, and librarians" discusses the importance of storytelling and what to be careful of when telling scary stories.

There is a useful guide to pronunciation.
Karen Woodworth-Roman

We have just begun camping with our children and I purchased this book for campfire stories. Unfortunately, I started reading one of the stories "Wham! Slam..." which the book said was geared to ages 7 and 8 (my audience). The story told of a witch who axed two children to death and then chased two others, killing 11 dogs with a swinging ax and knife. Luckily, she was killed by the 12th who jumped at ther throat. THe children who survived cut out her heart...etc. Not appropriate for most 17 year olds, much less 7-8 year olds. The cover of the book says "for classrooms, storytelling settings, etc." What school? Rated "excellent" by the very conservative Washington Times...

Stories of fright are designed specifically to re-engineer a classic theme in such a way as to leave the reader laden in a substaintial residue of unsavory - yet all too realistic - possibilities. The stories contained in this book fall so far short of said uneasiness that they seem to only encourage the already painful onslaught of boring children. Let us take our children seriously and follow through with a collection of scary stories that actually fulfills its promise of restless dreams.

I have three children, ages 8-2. The oldest two enjoy me telling "scary" stories around the campfire. Some stories were just too scary to tell them. These are just right for their ages. Scary enough to make them huddle close, but not so scary that they have bad dreams or are too scared to go to the camper alone! The stories are also short enough that they can be committed to memory easily enough. Thank you!

Really great follow up to 13 coffins, his other book. Pretty fast paced, good story line. very much recommended.

I enjoyed the new take on Vampire tales in David Wellington's "13 Bullets" but the sequel, "99 Coffins" grabbed me from the git-go and I could not put it down. Kept my attention with action, switching back and forth from present day to the days leading up to Gettysburg in 1863. I give 5 stars to books I don't want to put down and that have a great/surprise ending. This one did not disappoint.

I will give you the gist of the tale without giving the book away. A group of modern day archeology students are digging in Gettysburg and uncover a cave with 99 coffins in it. When they open one of the coffins they find the skeleton of what clearly was a vampire. Our heroine from "13 Bullets", Trooper Claxton is called in to investigate and finds that there was a 100th coffin that was smashed and has no skeleton. You guessed it. A vampire is loose in Gettysburg. But how could a vampire possibly still be alive without blood for over 160 years? Answers to those questions and more as the story picks up a lot of steam from there. I do not wish to give away any more of the fun. If you like alternative historical tales, this is a great one because you get constant flashbacks to the days leading up to the battle of Gettysburg and the possible existence of a vampire with southern sympathies.

Several great tie ins to the previous book. I found it to be even better than 13 Bullets. Judging from the ending that I will not reveal, I suspect we have a third book in this line coming soon. Enjoy!

After the horrors she faced (see 13 BULLETS), vampire hunter Laura Caxton vows never again as field work is too gory for her. However, at an archeological dig at the Gettysburg Battle Site, Civil War era coffins are dug up. Detective Jameson Arkeley realizes what the team found is the remains of a Union vampire corps. He knows the only person to handle this gruesome finding is Caxton; so he sends for her.

Caxton reluctantly arrives at the tomb and finds 100 coffins with 99 occupied by vampires without hearts; one is empty and the coffin smashed as if a vandal attacked it. Worse someone manages to return one of the vampires from the dead to the undead; soon the rest of corps begins to reawaken to finish the mission they started in 1863. Caxton knows she must stop them before the Civil War is reenacted with real blood flowing from the victims of a night-stalking militia obsessed with completing its mission.

99 COFFINS is a unique vampire military thriller that rotates between the present, and Civil War Era journals and other writings. Thus the action-packed present stars a heroic Caxton who wants to retire from paranormal hunting while the 1860s correspondence provide insight into the vampire regiment especially their mission that they feel strongly must be achieved over a century and a half since they got their orders. With Gettysburg at stake (pun intended) the battle lines are drawn in this bloody superb tale.

Harriet Klausner

Having read 13 Bullets and most of David Wellington's other books, I have to say that I really enjoyed this one a bit more than 13 Bullets.

For those who are not familiar with Wellington's vampires, picture a Mack truck on steroids. They're not the double-fanged classic vampire but gory blood suckers who rip and tear their victims from limb to limb. Gore galore.

13 Bullets spent a fair amount of time introducing you to the world of Wellington's vampires, their powers, their limitations and who the characters were / are. 99 Coffins takes the reader into the world that knows about vampires and someone who is still haunted by the experience of having to hunt them and destroy them. This book is fast paced and was a quick read. And I can say that there's going to be another book in the series without giving anything away.

A fun gory vampire read.

I bought this book in an airport bookstore literally before stepping on a plane. The cover grabbed me. (I don't buy books this way very often, but look at those teeth!) This was probably the best impulse-bought book I've ever read. I tend to stick to the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and like the only other reviewer at this time (one reviewer? what's up with that?) I read many vampire novels and am sick of the sexy vampires who entrap stupid women. These vamps are brutal monsters who are in no way struggling with what they are; they're hungry!

Caxton is a good character, but not having read "13 bullets", I didn't know much about her past. We are given pretty solid background information on her, but it's not a huge focus. I liked this; I got a sense of who she was, but the story revolved more around action than anything. She's clearly one tough broad who deserves many, many more books in this series.

Wellington is a great author. I finished this book in 2 days on a business trip. I picked up "13 Bullets" and just finished "Monster Island", the first in Wellington's zombie series. I will be reading all of his books. (And yes, I'm a more than a little biased because he's a Pittsburgher!)

What is going to become of Damali will she be able to fight off the vamp virus? Will her and Rivera produce day walkers? Will the holy key ever be found? will rivera do the right thing if he's the one to recover the key from the rogue master vamp who stole it to create an eternal night? these are just some of the questions that had me on edge while reading this book. i hope this series goes way past the wicked which is the last book i have for this series. LA Banks is a wonderful writer and i'm glad i was told about her books.

L.A. Banks is the best! This is definitely a must read and one book I could not put down until I was done. Damali and Carlos is a force to be reckoned with. This book and The Hunted are right now my favorite in the Vampire Huntress Legend. For those that have not read this series I strongly suggest that you do.

I enjoyed this book. It was refreshingly different. Each story follows the good vs. evil theme, yet maintains an individuality that is uncommon in a series. I was fascinated with the concept of seven levels of heaven and hell.

first off im 19.....and this book is hott...U could really feel tha love between Damali and Carlos...and it aint no cheesy kind of love either....Who knew vampires could love so deeply and with so much passion and the "good"parts(if ya get what im saying) are just as real none of that corney romance novel stuff....real passion thats makes u almost drop a fang yourself and offer ur neck 4 carlos.....Carlos may be only a character but he is sexylol it did seem like the book slow down in the middle but u could still feel and really "get" what the characters were going through....Dare u 2 read and not be turn on....

This book is terrible. I couldn't force myself to finish it and I read just about anything. The sheer amount of slang used in this book is overwhelming. I could feel my IQ dropping as I slogged through page after page. The story feels so flimsy and is not written well. I found my eyes still moving over the page but nothing was registering. It was really terrible. Please save your money, there are so many other authors out there that can really write and sell a good fantasy book. This just is not one of them...

Poe's writing has stood the test of time. This edition, however, literally looks like a photocopy of an older, overinked edition. The type is small with a small x-height (relationship of lower case letter to capital letters), which is difficult to read, looks dirty and cluttered, and is indicative of a publisher going CHA-CHING and cashing in on a reproduction of someone else's work -- honestly, in this day and age, would it have taken so much to re-set this book? Make it a bit easier to read?!

The stories are excellent. This is a cheaply-printed edition, however, dated and difficult to read.

One of the first and best murder mystery authors of all time is brought out in these wonderful pieces of art. To think of the demons and struggles this man went through in his life and to be able to get them on paper, just makes them more realistic and scary. Edgar A. Poe, as he liked to call himself, needs to be read and interpreted in a group setting. Therefore, you are able to bounce all the different little aspects of the story or poem off one another. Some may say that all the foreshadowing and little pieces of clues he gives you are coincidence. That is for you to determine.

When reading these pieces of work, be sure to pay attention and take in all he gives you. You are guaranteed to miss lots of hints in your first reading. Which means you need to read many many times. Each time you are given a different perspective and find those little hints. But in the end, readers will never really know what Edgar A. Poe was feeling or thinking while writing these masterpieces.

In order to appreciate Poe's writing, it is important to understand that he writes in a Victorian style.

Having lived in Charlottesville - where Poe went to college at the University of Virginia - I can tell you that he was a product of his environment. Chivalry is still very alive in the South, as well as formal address, and a hierarchal social society.

With that understanding, Poe's writing vibrantly comes to life. This collection of short stories includes three of his best:

"The Fall of the House of Usher" - A decaying manor in the country side harbors the melancholy of a dying noble bloodline.

"The Masque of the Red Death" - The aristocracy think they are safe from the plague as they gather in their castle to celebrate.

"The Cask of Amontillado" - This story contains brilliant foreshadowing as to the demise of a mortal enemy.

Another note for the reader is that Poe's greatest fear was to be buried alive, as you work your way through this collection of short stories this theme will appear again, and again. This is a great book for Halloween. I recommend reading these stories at night for a thrill.

Vincent Price and Chandler Brossard do a great job of collecting some of Edgar Allan Poe's finest works, in their story collection 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe's short stories left me in suspense and surprise (it was the first time I ever read Poe literature). I could not put the book down. Since the first time I picked this book up, I've become fascinated with Poe's literature. I can thank Price and Brossard for their wonderful choice in stories, but can mainly thank the writer, Edgar Allan Poe, for bringing such great literature.

This book was given to me by a friend that was trimming down her library, and a more fitting book it could not have been. Editors Vincent Price (yes, THAT Vincent Price) and Chandler Brossard (no, not THAT Chandler Brossard) have gathered together some of Poe's finest tales of horror, mystery, and fantasy, with a comedy or two thrown in for balance. Poe's horror stories were, for the most part, short and placed emphasis on the pyschological rather than the mystical. His narrators were always driven by inner demons that they recognized, but could not control, and focused on emotion rather than story. The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart are the most famous examples of these. But the author also used his sharp insight into the mind to craft brilliant tales of mystery, it is these tales that remain my favorite. The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Gold Bug are my choices for Poe's best work, the mystery The Purloined Letter is also contained within the anthology. On the fantasy end, we are offered A Tale of the Ragged Mountains and MS Found in a Bottle, which seems to be a sort of a dry run for Poe's only attempt at a novel length story - The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym. Poe also had a wicked sense of humor, and The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Man That Was Used Up, and The Balloon-Hoax are excellent examples of that alomst forgotten side of a complex and talented writer. No matter what edition of Poe you get, any collection of his tales is an essential for a well read personal library. Highest recommendation.

This book is hilarious and so well-written. I picked it up in a theater gift shop while waiting for friends, and ended up buying it to give to someone who loves horror movies. But I had to read it myself before passing it on. It's great - so funny.

This Book is hilarious from the begining till the end. Basically all the questions you ask yourself while watching a horror movie is in this book.The writer covers everything like the rules in I know what you did last summer.Do not read this book in company of people they will think you are nuts for laughing constantly.

I have to hand it to the author, he certainly knows his horror movies. This book was fun to read; very entertaining and brought back a lot of memories about many of the horror movies I'd seen. If you want some light, funny, laugh out loud reading, this is a great book to read. I'm still boggled by the author's knowledge! Fun read!

As the senior reporter and reviewer for horror dot com, I have seen *a lot* of genre spoofs in my time; but I must say, this book is not only a must-have keeper for any horror fan's library, it's a great gift for friends. I bought a dozen copies. Seriously. (And because of that, I'm doubly-doomed -- wait till you read the part about "how you got this book" ... it's hysterical!) In addition to being just a plain funny (and nicely illustrated) book, the foreword by Wes Craven is worth the price alone.

This is the book every single person should own. It will save your life and make you re-evaluate exactly what you've been doing with it. Every so often, a book comes around with the reformative power to change the way you look at the world. This is that book. This is the one and only book you need to live your life.

How to Survive a Horror Movie breaks apart how the world works. Babysitting? Have to make sure you live the night, right? What with all those psycho-killers out there, the voices on the phone and the intense feeling you're being watched, babysitting is more about staying in one piece than it is actually watching kids.

What about possessed dolls? You can't tell me you've never had a doll that turned its head, laughed and started crawling towards you. I wouldn't believe you if you said you didn't. How do you protect yourself? How do you survive?

What about that feeling that maybe you're actually dead...and have been for quite some time. This existential question is singularly important. How do you finally come to that realization? This was the hardest lesson for me. Discovering and coming to terms with that will be a complete eye-opener for many people.

I promise you this book will not only provide you insight to your life, but it will also complement your Zombie Survival Guide; taken together, these two novels will help you survive life as we know it.

And honestly, what's more important than that?

It has been years since I first picked up this book in my early teens. I loved it then and I love it still. THere is something deeply moving about this book, and I am quite often reminded of it, or of the characters as I have walked through my life. I have just bought another copy, because my original copy has fallen apart from reading and reading and rereading. Buy it, you will love it.

As others have written, I read this as a teenager and still love it. It's one of my favorite books. It truly tugs at your heartstrings, except for one thing-

I despised the character of Cal. Could there be a more creepy guy to take Heaven in? *shudder*

ANYONE WILL LIKE THIS BOOK. TRY IT I GIVE THIS A 12 OUT OF 10 DON'T LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE WHO KNOCK IT DOWN TRY IT YOU WILL NEVER BUT IT DOWN. WELL I DIDN'T ANYWAY! OUT OF ALL HER BOOKS I LOVE THIS ONE THE BEST.

This is a review on the audiobook of Heaven read by Donada Peters. More on her later.

Being 33, I sometimes want to take a walk down memory lane and read the books of my childhood and teenage years. In this case I wanted to take a trip up to the Willies, the mountains of West Virginia. Up Up Up the long dark trails, with the hoots of owls and barks of hunting dogs making echoes all around me. Until I reached a run down, grey cabin that held such dear memories to me.

Heaven is a story about a young girl of the same name, who lives in a cabin with her father and stepmother, grandparents, two sisters and two brothers. Throw in dogs, chickens, pigs, cows and cats and you can most definitely hear the banjos playing. But its more than a hillbilly coming of age story, its more about the search to find out exactly the meaning of family, and home, love and just how strong you a person you are after all the blows have landed. The Casteels are dirt poor. Down in the valley in the city of Winnerow, even the poorest there look down on them. They walk 8 miles to go to school and church, wear the same clothes day after day, sometimes ripping them apart and sewing them back together for a change.

They eat biscuits and lard gravy, sometimes hunting and fishing but mostly going hungry with so many mouths to feed. At the head is Luke, the raven haired devilishly handsome rogue, the only son not in jail and that's bragging. Luke spends little time at the family home, instead chooses to gamble and spend money at "shirleys place" which you can figure out means "where the hookers are"

Sarah is large redheaded mother, there are Lukes parents, Tom the older brother Keith the younger brother, Heaven is the oldest daughter followed by Fanny than Jane, who they quickly rename Our-Jane. Heaven learns from her grandmother that she isn't Sarah's, that Heavens mother Angel died in childbirth, and that she was extremely sweet and loving and beautiful and she did not belong in the mountains so the mountains took her frail life. All that was left is one suitcase, full of frilly things and one bride doll with flaxen blonde hair. Luke treats Heaven like she is less than a yard chicken, hates her because she killed his Angel.

I am not going to spoil this book, because its so worth reading. VC Andrews takes you into that cabin, into the poverty, makes you feel those hunger pangs. She gets you inside of Heavens head, so smart and strong that nothing life throws at her (and it hits the fan a-plenty) makes her stay down for long. I always thought that the characterizations in this series were VC Andrews best. The way she takes you from mountain, to valley to city and back, the way she writes the worst in humans and the best, and the way she tugs at your heart left me in tears.

I happened to get the audio version of this for work, read by Donada Peters. And I hated her voice. Heaven is a young girl as is most of the characters, a lot of them have some seriously thick hillbilly accents with their "Kerr" instead of "Care" and "Thar" instead of "there" and "Ah" instead of "I" Donada is way too old, and she has a bit of some kind of foreign accent of her own that makes her West Virginian sound like a Maine Yankee (think Jud Crandall played by Fred Gwynne in Pet Semetary) Throughout the audiobook I was cringing at her voice for Heaven, most of the time she made her sound like she was a chain smoking know it all bored with telling her thoughts. I would just recommend the book version if you are interested!

I know I differ from other posters but I truly believe that VC Andrews went downhill after Flowers in the Attic. The idea that a parent would sell his own children is plausible as it definitely happens but it does not seem very believable in this book. Additionally, someone commented that there is no incest...yes there is. There is a brief moment when Heaven's father looks at her in a sexual way and her grandfather has to stop something horrible from happening- easy to miss but it is definitely there! Also if you follow the series she end up falling in love with her half-uncle! I admit that as a teenager I loved this book but rereading the VC Andrews books I found in my house recently, the only one I can recommend is Flowers in the Attic- the entire Heaven series as an adult seems contrived and amateurish.

By Lily
I like The Mysterious Cheese Thief story because it is funny and exciting. It's also a good book for children. I know that because I'm a child. The reason this story is funny is because of Geronimo's cousin Trap, he likes to eat alot and he is goofy. I hope everyone who reads this story likes it.

By Eric
I liked this story because it was funny and cool. Geronimos got in fights with his cousin. The funny part was when they hit him in the head with a
hammer.He gets trapped in a mousetrap. He follows the shadow and he leaves
cheese in case he gets lost so he coud follow the cheese tracks.I think
everyone would like this book because its funny and cool!

By Miguel
I liked this book because it is mysterios and I like when things are mysterios I think this is a great series of books for children of all ages.I think that who ever reads this book will want to read more!

By Josephine
Geronimo Stilton is a great book.I love this book because it is a mystery and parts of it are like a magazine. It is an adventure and fun! One of the funny parts is the cheese camper! I like it when the girl mouse hits Geronimo Stilton with a hammer! I think you will love this book!

I would characterize this book, and others in the series, as great choices for reluctant readers (esp. boys as the market sometimes seems to inundate us with books that are geared more towards girls), because it presents like a combination chapter book-magazine-comic; and the facts/trivia and historical notes included are terrific, too! I would further note that it is great not just for reluctant readers, but for book-lovers as well: My 6-year-old son loves to read anything, including chapter books, short stories, comics, magazines.... His favorites are usually funny stories like this book! Having listened to parts of another Geronimo Stilton book, read aloud by his sister a year or two ago, I could tell he'd like them when he got to the point of reading on his own. I was right!! He laughed out loud throughout this book, and wanted to keep reading it outside of his regular 'reading time!' I cannot wait to get him more of the titles in this great series!