Product Description
Paperback
Product Details
| Publisher | Pocket Books (Mm) |
| ISBN | 0671831267 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Author | Jay Anson |
| EAN | 9780671831264 |
| Label | Pocket Books (Mm) |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Dewey Decimal Number | 813.54 |
| Studio | Pocket Books (Mm) |
| Title | 666 |
| Publication Date | 1982-03 |
| Manufacturer | Pocket Books (Mm) |
Customer Reviews
Jay Anson does it again!Review by Appalachia, 2008-10-26
I remember reading the Amityville Horror back in high school,and I enjoyed it thoroughly.Years later down the road I was in a old book-store in the far back corner in a stack of dusty,old books.Since the first time I read 666,I realized that Anson not only could make a supposed 'non-fiction'(let's be honest,the Lutz family confessed to making the events that occured in the house a complete hoax but the murders are true and the history of the property has never been actually confirmed).Anyways,this being a fictional novel by Anson it's a true masterpiece and it's a shame his writing career was so shortly lived.This novel actually takes the story of an evil house up a few notches!
Very scary
Review by Elvira Morton, 2008-02-03
I read this as a child and I couldn't sleep for 3 days. I would read it again as an adult and it still freaked me out.
333
Review by doomsdayer520, 2007-12-27
This old horror chestnut from the early 80's is only half as scary as it thinks it is. Its predecessor, The Amityville Horror, is a legit classic, but there's a reason Jay Anson is not better known for this follow-up novel. This is a pretty standard haunted house story that barely rises to the level of its own stereotypes. The most notable stereotype is the house's owner - your standard evil mastermind with mysterious powers, whose motives are barely revealed and who exists only as a lazy literary device used awkwardly to push the other characters along. The same goes for the prototypical supernatural elements of the story, which are also obligatory literary tools that contribute little to the reader's excitement. These underutilized, archetypal plot devices only make the reader notice the novel's many unresolved questions and missing explanations. Anson is also prone to a clumsy overuse of foreshadowing, which will lead many readers (including myself) to figure out the ending by the middle of the book. The un-shocking climax is then followed by an epilogue that is so forced and contrived that it nearly wrecks the entire book. In fairness, this novel is fun and readable, with pretty good leading characters, and it's great for filling up your rest and relaxation time. But expect the predictable in place of the scary or suspenseful. [~doomsdayer520~]
The Horror at 666 Sunset Brooke Lane...
Review by Draconis Blackthorne, 2004-05-17
First he brought us The Amityville Horror, now we are treated to 666. A new level of horror, courtesy of Jay Anson. This one is about a possessed house also, although more prevalently satanistic.
A house appears out of nowhere, strange lights in the middle of the night, a morbid history, a mysterious owner - all the makings of a classic monsterpiece. The house, a dominant mass, effects the environment wickedly, causing a disruption in the seeet little relationship of a suburban couple - hellish yuppie-lust at 666 Sunset Brooke Lane.
The house seems to live & breath, planning sadictic tortures for the unsuspecting mortals.
The infectuous insanity culminates, as the dark prophesy in the hexagonal room comes true. The horror lives on. "Evil" can never be destroyed, only redirected. It always comes back...
Read as a Child, and now as an adult...
Review by Anonymous, 2004-04-11
I bought this book in paperback when my mother swore she'd kill me if I was caught reading something of this sort.
I stole away on my bike at 13...god, this was like 1979 or something...and bought it anyway.
I read it. I got scared.
I just picked it up again today in a used local bookstore. Wow, hardbound, even ! I'm 36 now.
Isn't it strange how we come back to things in our lives?
I'm sure it will be a fun read.
mike
