Book Review
Morbid, disturbing and haunting!
It's been 25 years since the "Farm-house Satan Sacrifice" and two and half decades since the then 7-year old lone survivor Libby Day fingered her brother Ben Day as the butcherer and murderer of her mother and two sisters. Libby has since been raised by a variety of people aunts, uncles, foster parents etc etc before finally being old enough to live by herself being assisted in no small measure by the donations made by others due to the intense publicity the case received. But now the money is running out and Libby finds herself unable to earn by traditional forms of employment. Out of the blue, she finds herself invited to the "Kill Club", a group of eclectic mystery enthusiasts who believe that Libby's testimony against her brother 25 years earlier was at best dubious and coerced and that Ben was innocent of the crime. She is commissioned to talk to the people involved and paid for the same. Although unsure about her brother's innocence, Libby accepts the assignment for the monetary benefits.
What starts as a purely financial assignment develops into a search for answers when Libby comes across more and more people who are convinced of Ben's innocence and perjury by many witnesses. The hunt changes Libby and her relations with the world around her!
The book is written in an interesting format with alternating chapters from the life of present day Libby and the fateful day 25 years ago when the massacre unfolded. A morbid, disturbing and haunting book that is bound to keep one riveted till the final page. The book is full of scarred and flawed characters and as a reader you may not feel a connection to any of them. The book is too disturbing and dark for my taste but was nevertheless an interesting read. People who enjoy dark and brooding stuff will certainly enjoy the novel a lot more than I did. You are bound to lose a night's sleep on this one!
Morbid, disturbing and haunting!
It's been 25 years since the "Farm-house Satan Sacrifice" and two and half decades since the then 7-year old lone survivor Libby Day fingered her brother Ben Day as the butcherer and murderer of her mother and two sisters. Libby has since been raised by a variety of people aunts, uncles, foster parents etc etc before finally being old enough to live by herself being assisted in no small measure by the donations made by others due to the intense publicity the case received. But now the money is running out and Libby finds herself unable to earn by traditional forms of employment. Out of the blue, she finds herself invited to the "Kill Club", a group of eclectic mystery enthusiasts who believe that Libby's testimony against her brother 25 years earlier was at best dubious and coerced and that Ben was innocent of the crime. She is commissioned to talk to the people involved and paid for the same. Although unsure about her brother's innocence, Libby accepts the assignment for the monetary benefits.
What starts as a purely financial assignment develops into a search for answers when Libby comes across more and more people who are convinced of Ben's innocence and perjury by many witnesses. The hunt changes Libby and her relations with the world around her!
The book is written in an interesting format with alternating chapters from the life of present day Libby and the fateful day 25 years ago when the massacre unfolded. A morbid, disturbing and haunting book that is bound to keep one riveted till the final page. The book is full of scarred and flawed characters and as a reader you may not feel a connection to any of them. The book is too disturbing and dark for my taste but was nevertheless an interesting read. People who enjoy dark and brooding stuff will certainly enjoy the novel a lot more than I did. You are bound to lose a night's sleep on this one!
