Always better than the movie, and always true, IMO.
The story hits far closer to home when we discover that it's a child, not an adult, in the original story that is hit by four marginally inebriated teenagers, which sobers them rather quickly at that point, but it's too late. We meet the little boy's sister after somebody begins sending cards and stalking the unspeaking quartet. As the sister cheerfully smiles, ecstatic at just having company, our hearts break knowing the tragedy that one moment has caused her family. The secret still remains, however, who is stalking the pact-holders? It's a question that kept me on the edge of my seat the first time I read this fourteen years ago. Will it do the same to you?
The story hits far closer to home when we discover that it's a child, not an adult, in the original story that is hit by four marginally inebriated teenagers, which sobers them rather quickly at that point, but it's too late. We meet the little boy's sister after somebody begins sending cards and stalking the unspeaking quartet. As the sister cheerfully smiles, ecstatic at just having company, our hearts break knowing the tragedy that one moment has caused her family. The secret still remains, however, who is stalking the pact-holders? It's a question that kept me on the edge of my seat the first time I read this fourteen years ago. Will it do the same to you?
