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The Beckoning
An Electrifying Novel of Occult Terror.
272 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 1980
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December 30, 2020
Forgettable book about a hospital plagued by accidents that seem to be caused by a child with multiple personalities that's being treated there. Or maybe it's because of a curse on the site where it was built and/or on the protagonist's family (the book isn't particularly clear on this part). The supernatural elements were underdeveloped; the deaths generic (someone falls of a ledge, another character is crushed by falling objects, etc.); the characters mostly flat and existing just to be killed off shortly after their introduction; and the whole thing felt derivative of other stories, particularly The Other and The Omen. 1.5 stars, rounded down.
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