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Possession
Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip to Washington's Cascade mountains goes terribly awry, leaving her husband dead and Joanne's only hope for survival in the hands of a twisted stranger. Reprint."
Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
Published
August 1st 1997
by Pocket
(first published 1981)
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I picked this one up from the library. I happened to walk by a shelf of books, and there it was. I saw "Ann Rule" and thought "hey, I love her books, I'll grab this too" and added it to my pile of 3 or 4 books I already planned on checking out.
It wasn't until I was a few chapters in that I actually looked at the cover and saw where it says "A NOVEL". lol I was slightly confused at the beginning, thinking this was another true crime story.
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It wasn't until I was a few chapters in that I actually looked at the cover and saw where it says "A NOVEL". lol I was slightly confused at the beginning, thinking this was another true crime story.
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Huge disappointment. I assumed this was a true crime book. When I started reading it, I really thought I had the wrong book and there had been some kind of file mix-up. I got about 30% through it before doing some checking and realized this is a novel, not true crime.
Even as a novel, it's lame. Too much meaningless drivel and not enough actual story. I can't believe Ann Rule wrote this. Just awful!
Even as a novel, it's lame. Too much meaningless drivel and not enough actual story. I can't believe Ann Rule wrote this. Just awful!
Wasn't really bad, but it was pretty predictable (until nearer the end). This is really more like 3.5 stars, IMO.
I will say Rule was so ruthless in her descriptions that there were a few parts I had a hard time getting through... and it's more explicit than I expected, judging from her non-fiction works.
It'd make a pretty good movie!
I will say Rule was so ruthless in her descriptions that there were a few parts I had a hard time getting through... and it's more explicit than I expected, judging from her non-fiction works.
It'd make a pretty good movie!
From back cover:
"When Danny and Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip in the Cascade mountains goes terribly awry, beautiful young Joanne is left alone and stranded in the savage wilderness. Her last hope is to rely on another camper, a tall stranger who seems to know the forest and the dangers there all too well. Without him, she will surely die; with him, her future is as unpredictable as the lowering clouds that envelop the mountain. He asks only that she trust him...totally."...more
"When Danny and Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip in the Cascade mountains goes terribly awry, beautiful young Joanne is left alone and stranded in the savage wilderness. Her last hope is to rely on another camper, a tall stranger who seems to know the forest and the dangers there all too well. Without him, she will surely die; with him, her future is as unpredictable as the lowering clouds that envelop the mountain. He asks only that she trust him...totally."...more
It was an ok story, but it dragged a bit and i really had to force myself through it at parts - it could have done with a bit more editing. A decent attempt, but nowhere near the quality of her true crime works.
This is her only novel (that I know of) and I think the best book she's written. It was powerful and truely capitvating. One of the best books I've ever read.
A woman drawn into a dark relationship with the murderer of her husband.
I like Ann Rule's true crime books much better than this work of fiction.
Harrowing true story of survival in the wilderness.
I prefer her true crime accounts.
One of my all time favorites!
I love true crime!
talk about brainwash!
Rule does a pretty chilling job of spinning a fictional tale of obsession, abduction, and victimization. It gives an uncomfortable (so uncomfortable because the reader can see and witness the ongoing steps) and detailed look at a woman who develops Stockholm Syndrome toward her sexually abusive abductor. As such stories always seem to end, it ends badly, with death and delusions.
I was disapointed to find out this book was not true. It was hard to put this book down. Very graffic though.
I liked the book. It just kept me turning the pages. Thats how I like to read. Not bad.
Ann Rule is a really good writer. I had read some reviews before picking this book up. Well the reviews did not impress me at all. But after reading this book, I loved it and Ann rule!
Je dirai 2,5 car le sujet aurait pu être intéressant si mieux exploité,
mais l'idée était là...
mais l'idée était là...
i love all of her books, but i think that this one just might be my very favorite
I think this is Ann Rule's only fictional writing.
An Ann Rule fiction. Good but not great.
Stephen
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