The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Mothman Prophecies
Book Review: Guaranteed to give you the creeps!
Summary: 4 Stars
John Keel's "factual" account of the mysterious occurrences that took place in 1966 and 1967 in the small town of Point Pleasant, WV, is both eminently readable and genuinely creepy. Through extensive interviews with dozens of eyewitnesses, Keel compiles all the data and demonstrates the connection between the appearances of the Mothman (a winged, red-eyed, demon-like apparition terrorizing the Point Pleasant populace), a serious UFO flap taking place in the area at the same time, and veiled "warnings" of impending disaster that were being expressed to the witnesses of the above in dreams.
The book does tend to jump around quite a bit as Keel intersperses other UFO reports and paranormal experiences in with the Point Pleasant data to make his points. The reader will have to pay attention in order to keep all of this straight.
As in most cases, the book is far superior to the film of the same name. (The movie takes serious artistic license in many cases and even changes some of the important parts of the book.) It's obvious that Keel is passionate about this subject and that he has done his "homework". After reading "The Mothman Prophecies", you may never look at the nighttime sky in the same way again.
Book Review: Has the Feel of Truth
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is fascinating reading. It 'rings true to me'. Mr. Keel tells the reader when he's scared, looking for more information or not sure what he's seeing. I think he's very up front and honest. There is much I think that can be learned by Mr. Keel's experiences and interviews. Men In Black, Ufo's, and strange sounds are all in this book. Monsters and mysteries that prove we don't know everything on this Earth and in this universe yet.
My one big complaint and why it's rated a four rather than a five is that many times Mr. Keel gets off track in his writing. This leaves the reader a bit confused and forced to back track at times. Further, I find many times I would have been going back to find more information and it doesn't seem he does that, at least not in the book. This is frustrating for me. I'd like more information, more about the interviews he conducted etc.
Not a bad book over all. Just a few not so positive thoughts on it. I enjoyed it and read it in about two days.
Enjoy.
Book Review: I Haven't Seen the Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
The book is a disjointed account of many "sightings" of different phenomena. It does mke me want to see how this was pulled off in a movie.Book Review: I love this book.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're new to the paranormal and/or crytozoological studies, you should deffinately pick this up. Its light reading, so you won't have to constantly analyze if something is symbolic or not. Its written like an episode of "Law and Order", really. In the book, Keel relates events that he experienced, centered around the West Virginia town of Point Pleasant. Very rarely does Keel ever color the events with his view or interpritation of things. Usually he relates the facts and lets the reader come to any conclusions that need to be come to. This is very important, as usually books of the paranormal ilk are SATURATED with the authors view of what a specific event is or means. Overall, its highly enjoyable. If you are even remotely interested in paranormal phenemonons, this is a fantastic book to start with. Any conclusions you come to will be those of yourself based on the evidence provided, not because the author colored things to make it appear more one way than another. The only thing that could have made this book any better was maybe a deluxe edition that would include pictures of some of the reoccuring characters and scenes, such as Mrs. Hyre and the TNT area. Sometimes sketches of visiting entities are mentioned, it would have been awesome to see these sketches. There is a whole realm of possibilities for additional photographic illustrations to this book that could add more depth and realism. That is the only thing that could have made this book better, for what it is. However, this is just bonus material, none of it is needed to better understand the story, so there is no reason to mark down for such things not being included.Book Review: Interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a very fascinating read. It does not focus only on Mothamn sightings, but all the other strange events that were supposed to have happened. If you are looking for a book that will prove Mothman exists, I don't think this is the proper book for you. It is mainly about what went on from the first sighting of Mothman to the felling of the bridge. There were a lot of strange happenings during that time. I read this as "I'm presenting you with the information as to what heppened as I saw it and was involved in it, and you make up your mind as to whether its true or not".