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The Academy | 
 enlarge | Author: Bentley Little
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 35972
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451224671
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451224675
ASIN: 0451224671
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Product Description
Heres one good reason for staying home from school...
Something strange is happening at Tyler High. The laid-back principal has become unusually strict. The janitors no longer work nights because of what they hear. The students are frightened by what they see. And things are happening on school grounds that defy rational explanation. But there is an explanation. Its just nothing that anyone can begin to believeor hope to survive.
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 Be warned... October 14, 2008
There are two categories of folks who may consider purchasing this book.
1)The casual horror reader, or impulse buyer in the supermarket, who may not have read much of Little's work.
2)The folks, like myself, who are already fans, and have read him quite a bit.
Sadly, I can't reccommend The Academy to either group. If you're like me, and you've read most of Bentley Little's novels, or even as many as 3 or 4, you've read this one before. And it was better the first time, when it was called "University". Or the Store, the Resort, or even the Association, all of which have similar plots and most of which are more effective. This one's a rerun, folks, which you could probably guess from the synopsis.
However, if this is your introduction to Little's work, it will deliver the surreal left turns and unhinged anything-can-happen style that all of his books have. Still though, if you're buying one of his books, there are much more original contenders in his catalog, like my personal favorite, The Ignored, or The Association, The Revelation or even Dispatch. All are excellent work, and a better use of your eight bucks.
Fallen Down September 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I picked Bentley Little up for a long bus to Memphis when I was 17 because of a blurb on the cover by Stephen King. The novel was The Ignored. I thought it was ok. A week later I realized I was still thinking about it, and the more I thought about it the better it got. It appeared to be shallow, but that was misleading. It was great literature.
The Walking was next and I knew how to bend my thinking for his style and I loved it. Then The Store...amazing. I read the precedents all in a rush and kept picking up the new stuff.
And saw the decline of a writer I really loved. It hurt to read The Vanishing. The Burning is bad (Not As Bad As Whitley Strieber, but close).
Formula writing is in general not a good idea. I really thought Little had chops at one time, then I doubted, now I know... he writes for money. Passion gone.
When I find an author that turns me on I stick with them: King, Koontz, Ketchum, Laymon, Landsdale, Barker, Lebbon, Grisham, Gaiman, McMurtry, Farris, Lehane,...
But Little has fallen So Low.
 Originla Bentley Horror at its BEST! September 14, 2008
If you like The Policy, The Association, or the Store, then this book is for you!
Hilarious, yet frightful at the same time, Bentley takes the reader down a dark and scary path. Read it...you will not regret it.
Classic Bentley Little September 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a big fan of Bentley Little, I was really disappointed in his last 3 releases; which seemed to steer away from his familiar and twisted storylines. After reading The Academy I was delighted to see the return of the Bentley Little I always enjoyed reading. If you liked The Store, The Association, The Resort.....you'll love this book!
Not Bentley's Greatest Novel September 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of Bentley Little's books. But his newest one, The Academy, was a bit of a dissapointment. What is usually great about Little's stories is that he always has an excellent metanarritive; The Academy lacked this. There wasn't enough background information for WHY things were changing at the school. Near the end, the information is rushed into the last couple pages, and leaves the reader feeling cheated.
If you like Little, I would read the book. I just wouldn't expect it to thrill like most of his others.
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