Grandfather's House
Books | Fiction / Horror
4.3
Jon Athan
After a prank lands him in serious trouble, Malcolm Hernandez, a sixteen-year-old boy, is shipped off to live with his grandparents while his mother attempts to save him from expulsion and criminal charges. Malcolm believes the stay will be easy-a vacation with milk and cookies and tales from the past. His hopes, however, are shattered when he bumps heads with his grandfather, Ronald O'Donnell-a stern, violent man with a sinister past. Ronald plans on disciplining his grandson in order to 'save' him from himself. He is not afraid of abusing him, either. He will physically, emotionally, and mentally break him. Jon Athan, the author of The Abuse of Ashley Collins, invites you to stay at grandfather's house to witness true human horror. WARNING: This book contains scenes of graphic violence, including violence towards children. This book is about abuse-emotional, physical, and mental. This book does not contain any explicit sex scenes, but it does discuss sexual abuse. This book is not intended for those easily offended or appalled.
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Author
Jon Athan
Pages
248
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Date
2018-03-15
ISBN
1986437825 9781986437820
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"(2.5 stars) Didn't hit the mark for me. I liked the author's note at the end of the novel. He seems connected to his readers and uncharacteristically open to feedback. I'm sure many authors are but you don't see it in such a personal way like he does. It's almost like He's writing a blog and the story comes with it. He seems like a cool fellow. The story however was quite lacking for me. The characters were pretty basic and stuck to their couple character traits and never got any depth. The romance was so unbelievable it was almost laughable.. and some of the scenes beg the question of realism. The horror was abundant and crazy though. You can't fault the book for that. It just didn't come with 1: any deeper meaning about anything happening in the real world. Everything was too drastic and unrealistic to have any cultural significance and 2: any emotional connection to the characters as they felt stereotypical. I was slightly intrigued and quite disturbed but I don't see myself reading Athan again anytime soon.
ADVISORY FOR READING IS NOTED THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL.
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Cole Johnson