A review by myweereads
Baal, by Robert R. McCammon
4.0
“Baal moved into the dark veil of forest and the others followed without a backward glance.”
This was Robert McCammon’s debut novel. It is telling the story of an unimaginable evil called Baal. After a women is terribly attacked she falls pregnant and gives birth to her son who comes to be known as Baal. In the orphanage where he grew up, he plays with brutal violence, from here he sets to become a leader and have his followers commit the worst acts.
Reading this with Laura has been fun. Whilst reading this I couldn’t help but have The Omen in mind and like Laura pointed out The Exorcist. Similar in some ways yet faithful to his style of writing is what makes this horror novel addictive to read. You could feel the presence of Baal from page to page. When he was in the forefront his evil was explicit and unnerving. Some of the brutal acts were quite detailed.
I love how the story evolved and how engaging the characters were. I was routing for a few and had no idea what was to happen. Even the ending was like a bang and has an impact on where you go from here.
I enjoyed reading this, I was curious because Baal was mentioned in some of his other novels so Im glad I finally read it to learn where the routes of this evil began.
This was Robert McCammon’s debut novel. It is telling the story of an unimaginable evil called Baal. After a women is terribly attacked she falls pregnant and gives birth to her son who comes to be known as Baal. In the orphanage where he grew up, he plays with brutal violence, from here he sets to become a leader and have his followers commit the worst acts.
Reading this with Laura has been fun. Whilst reading this I couldn’t help but have The Omen in mind and like Laura pointed out The Exorcist. Similar in some ways yet faithful to his style of writing is what makes this horror novel addictive to read. You could feel the presence of Baal from page to page. When he was in the forefront his evil was explicit and unnerving. Some of the brutal acts were quite detailed.
I love how the story evolved and how engaging the characters were. I was routing for a few and had no idea what was to happen. Even the ending was like a bang and has an impact on where you go from here.
I enjoyed reading this, I was curious because Baal was mentioned in some of his other novels so Im glad I finally read it to learn where the routes of this evil began.