Whisper of Death in Read with The PikeCast

Oct 03, 2020 Becca rated it liked it

Shelves: the-pikecast

Stan gets an entire star to himself.

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Jun 12, 2020 Daniel Stalter rated it liked it

Shelves: fits-of-nostalgia, ω-physical-shelf, pulp-horror, nostalgia

This was a twisted one, even by Christopher Pike’s standards. Overall, I liked it more than I didn’t. It was a good use of real-life trauma as a means of framing a horror story. There were some truly gruesome and unsettling scenes, which is what I’ve come to expect from Christopher Pike. There were also a few really strong characters and a few that were confusing. My main issue stems from the book wanting to be an allegorical account on the issue of abortion but falling short of a fully coherent ...more

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Oct 27, 2020 KWinks rated it really liked it

Yo, I don't know how I missed this one when I was a kid (I could have sworn that I read all of his books- maybe 5th to 6th grade?). This one must have been released sometime after I had moved onto reading adult horror.
Remember Me will always be my favorite but this one is batshit crazy. Cra-zy!!! When I heard about the new Pikecast Podcast I had to read Whisper of Death and then give it a listen.
First of all, Roxanne is a bit of a badass, so the story is as blunt and outspoken as she is. It a ...more

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Nov 23, 2020 Desirai rated it liked it

Shelves: shelf-mastery-2020

Everyone in town disappears except for 5 town members who were all directly or indirectly involved in Betty Sue's death.

Whisper of Death was published in 1991 and included some heavy topics like suicide and abortion. This was surprising for it's time.

This story kept me interested and had some pretty hilarious quotes. You'll know it when you see it. I'm pretty sure the character was named Pepper for that line and that line only. lol

The ending was pretty messy and left behind more questions tha ...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing

This was one of the first 3 Pike books I ever read. Slumber Party was my first and then I found this one, Die Softly, and Spellbound at a discount bookstore and I was hooked! (This was back in the early 90s and I ended up buying everything Pike has ever written. It was easy to get a hold of it all back then.) Reading back through Whisper of Death my fourth time, it’s still strong and reminds me why I love Pike so much. I loved that he didn’t put kid gloves on to write to teens. He addresses seri ...more

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Oct 15, 2020 Kristin rated it did not like it

Shelves: z-2020-novels, teen-horror, thepikecast

This is one of Pike’s metaphysical sci fi ones. Well that was bleak. I didn’t see the point of this depressing book. I didn’t like the anti-abortion plot and implying a girl was asking to be raped.

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