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Baal | Robert R. McCammon
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A woman gives birth to a child whose evilness threatens all mankind Mary Kate is an ordinary woman: a waitress in a diner, stuck in a loveless marriage to an English-major-turned-cabbie. But whoever assaults her in a New York City alley is far from ordinary. As the mans icy grip burns her skin, she couldnt grasp the dark fate that awaits her. The rape leaves her carrying a child, who she and her husband name Jeffrey. As they try to live as a family, a mysterious force poisons them against each other. Finally overcome with hate for her husband, Mary Kate kills him, sending herself to jail and the child to an orphanage. There the boy takes a new name, Baal, and develops sinister powers that flourish as he approaches adulthood. When Baal becomes a man, the whole world will tremble before him.
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ReadingOver50
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First published in 1979 when I was 15, I remember reading this book and thinking that I had never read anything like it. Definitely my first grownup horror novel this is a classic that I wanted to reread. I liked the building of the story, how we see Baal through his childhood and into adulthood. There is a lot of dread and violence in the story. I found the whole thing very interesting. I liked that the ending was in the isolation of the arctic.

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TheNeverendingTBR
Baal | Robert R. McCammon
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"Call me BAAL" ?

Robert McCammon is one of my favourite authors and I've enjoyed all of the books that I've read of his and there's no exception with BAAL.

If you like the stories Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, give 'BAAL' a try!

Full review ↪ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3146356600

Cathythoughts I enjoyed Rosemary‘s Baby ( love Ira Levin ) still to read Boys From Brazil ... on my kindle waiting 4y
TheNeverendingTBR @Cathythoughts Rosemary's Baby and The Boys From Brazil are the only two ones of Ira Levin's books I've got and I've still to read the latter; I'll get to that one at some point too! 😌👌 4y
Trashcanman Thank you ❤️ 4y
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Addison_Reads
Baal | Robert R. McCammon
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I love Robert McCammon, but this just wasn't as cohesive as I would have liked. It definitely has an 80's horror feel to it, but I needed more depth to the story. This was his first novel though, and it certainly has its creepy vibe, just not as refined as his later works.

TheNeverendingTBR I was actually going to start this earlier 5y
Addison_Reads @trioxin_sematary I'd love to hear your thoughts when you read it. It's enjoyable, just not as good as his later works in my opinion. 5y
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Baal | Robert R. McCammon
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Today was a good Audible day. Or a good day for Audible. A horror section in a sale? How can I resist that? I‘m all out of credits now.

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Spooky_Reader
Baal | Robert R. McCammon
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Found this guy lurking around my bookshelf. It's an odd little book but interesting enough to keep me going. Halfway in and still not exactly sure what to make of it.