Julia

A Novel

By: Peter Straub

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

In a house in London a woman starts a new life, trying to put tragedy behind her. Then a pretty blonde child runs into view, bringing with her an inexplicable suggestion of evil.

Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a daughter. But everything has changed since she bolted from her marriage, in flight from the unbearable truth of her daughter's death. For Julia, there is no escape. Another child awaits, another mother suffers, and a circle of the damned gathers around her. The haunting has begun . . .

Critic reviews

"GENUINELY FRIGHTENING."
--Chicago Tribune

"INDESCRIBABLY CHILLING . . . THERE IS NO RESPITE FROM THE HORRORS AND THE HAUNTINGS."
--Pittsburgh Press

"I haven't read anything that so terrifyingly evoked the presence of evil and supernatural threat since The Exorcist. JULIA may be better."
--Buffalo News

"HAUNTING, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD."
--ROBERT BLOCH
Author of Psycho

I don't understand the ending

It was fascinating until it wasn't. It became maudlin, repetitious and muddled. Part of that was due to narrator's tone, but really it was the story! Character were relatively real, plot thickened and then it all just curdled and ended.

suspense

started off slow but ramped up after the second chapter. I would recommend especially if you like somewhat scary stories.

Straub classic that still hold up.

Once I started listening to this story I could not stop. I read it many years ago, and it’s even better than I remembered!

WHAT JUST HAPPENED??

...beside the fact that I just threw away hours of my life. This book gave me just enough to keep me invested. And never had a payoff! It's been a long time since I have been this disappointed with a book. I LOVE Stephen King, so I have absolutely NO IDEA why he praises Straub's horrid writing. In fact, as much as I love King's writing, I am amazed that EVERY book I've tried based on his glowing endorsement has been incredibly bad. I am warning you that if you purchase this novel, you be extremely disappointed.

Narrator was annoying

Really good book was boring in this presentation did not at all get across that this is a ghost story