The Boy Who Could See Demons
Format: paperback
Publish date: May 10th 2012
Publisher: Piatkus/Little Brown
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Mystery,
Health,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Horror,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Demons
Do you ever have a novel which you cannot put away? One in which you read the last page and you have to tell the world about it? One in which you want to reread the minute you close the last page? One in which you think about as you open the pages of a new book … even after you are reading the 76th...
The Boy Who Could See Demons introduces the reader to Alex, a 10 year old boy who can talk to demons. He has one particular demon who is with him all the time, whispering secrets and possibly lies. Alex has witnessed several of his mother's suicide attempts as well as a traumatizing event involving ...
Alex is a precocious 10 year old, mature for his age, likes onions on toast and wearing clothes left by an old man, who was the previous resident in his house. His mother is a serial-suicide basket case and his best friend in the whole world is a 9,000 old demon called Ruen that only he can see. Any...
Though structured and paced like a thriller, what this book really is, is a finely sketched portrait of pain. And I don't mean the passive kind, where you feel for characters because they have tragic back-stories. No, this pain is personal; it's deeper, more penetrating and quietly horrifying. When ...
Thank you Random House Publishing Group – Bantam Dell via NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book! The Boy Who Could See Demons is a story that brings several weighty topics into the forefront for discussion – The Troubles (violence and conflict in Northern Ireland) and the affect it had...
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