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The Fearful (Definitions)

By: Keith Gray
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Definitions
ISBN: 0099456567
ISBN-13: 9780099456568
Released: 03 Aug 2006
RRP: £5.99
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monster in my mind - By: JamEd, 07 Feb 2007
I picked this to read as part of an English report I had to do because I enjoyed some of Keith Gray's other books.(Creepers & Happy) This was very different to them which put me off at first. It seemed to take a long time to get going & I nearly put it down at about page 60 because not much seemed to be happening but decided to keep going. And I'm reallly glad I did! When it gets going, it reallly gets going!! Two other people in my class didn't like it but I thought it reallly made you think about lots of things & got my mind spinning. It's about whether or not you believe & have faith or not & why you do or don't. It's also about tradition & following in your family foot steps. It's also quite scary in places. I got A- for the report I wrote. I enjoyed Keith Gray's other books, but I loved this monster book!! I reccommend it!!!
Just as good as promised!!! - By: R. W. Mincher, 10 Oct 2005
This book is an excellent read, Keith Gray came to my school & read us an extract when he was still finishing it, he said he had high hopes for it, he was right... i advise this book to anyone of any age... it reallly is that good...
Different and Detailed - By: Katie Whittam, 26 Aug 2005
When I first picked up the book, I wasn't sure what to expect from it, as it didn't seem to be my type of book. However, after reading Malarkey, Warehouse & Happy, & reallly enjoying them, I was sure I had a great book in my hands.

I spent the day after my last exam reading the book, not putting it down until I had finished - yet again! All the characters came alive & you could reallly feel Tim's emotions. I found it to be a totallly new book - I have never read anything similar & it is very tactful with the issues it deals with.

The book is exciting & un-put-downable. Many issues are dealt with in this book, from peer pressure & bullying, to beliefs & legends. Could seemingly natural disasters actuallly be caused by a monster?

Tim as a character is believable & realistic, from refusing to believe he has the worst job in the world to his doubting of the legends that he has been brought up to believe. Wanting to please his parents, yet live his own life, you can reallly sympathise with him & see his point of view. His relationship with his girlfriend also comes under strain, & Gray tactfully deals with more intimate relations. His relationship with his father is reallly interesting - can the 16 year old actuallly be right? His father is seen as a joke in the town, how can Tim be himself when everyone knows what his future has to be, & his father in confident that Tim will fulfil it?

The detail in the book is brilliant, after looking at the contents page & seeing it covers a week time-span I was amazed that the book could move as fast as it did (though possibly because I was reading as fast as I could just to move on & find out more!).

They say don't judge the book by its cover...The Fearful is mysterious, dark with a little light, strange & individual, alll of which is expressed through the cover too.

This is Gray at his best, The Fearful is a different genre to Malarkey, Happy, Warehouse etc. & I feel it is also for a more mature audience. Best read where you won't be disturbed & you can be comfy for hours, with a supply of food & drink (you won't want to put it down)!

Now one of my favourites, I highly recommend this book to everyone who is curious - do you believe in monsters?

monster book - By: Sarah, 24 Jun 2005
Keith Gray came to our school to talk about this book. Do you beleive in monsters? The Fearful makes you wonder what is true & what could be. I liked Tim the main character & understood his feelings because Keith Gray wrote about them so well. The ending was brilliant, Tim just had to do it! As good as Warehouse. Good twists & lots of atmospher. Read it read it read it!!!
weird but brilliant - By: , 14 Jun 2005
Different to his other books with a weird & spooky storyline but still brilliant. the ending reallly made me think. I recommend it to everyone who likes Keith Gray books already.