Pin

I read this in the 80's when it first came out and decided to read it again because I remember I enjoyed it. And I enjoyed it again. What a creepy story! :)

What a strange gothic horror book! I loved the weirdness of Pin as a character. I read somewhere else that the writer went on to ghost write as VC Andrews, which totally tracks. It was a quick read, full of suspense.

Andrew Neiderman is one of the worlds highest selling authors, mainly through his work as a ghostwriter after the passing of VC Andrews in 1986. His novels can often be a hit or miss affair. Fortunately, PIN is a hit, rather than a miss. PIN tells the story of Ursula and Leon, a pair of orphaned teenagers. Ursula is a sweet young woman who does her best to accommodate her mentally unstable older brother and his fascination with PIN, a mannequin from their father's doctors surgery. When Ursula falls in love, Leon and PIN know that they must take action, or risk seeing their family torn apart.Overall, PIN was decently written and offered just enough suspense to keep me turning the pages. Recommended for anyone who wants to read a good old fashioned mass market horror novel that doesn't rely on sassy characters, technology or glitter.

Amazing book that you will read in one sitting . A book you want to share with your family and friends

I haven’t finished a book in ages; decreased attention span and electronic distractions. But I finished this one in a few days.The movie adaptation impacted me when I was a kid. I was reintroduced to the material by the e-book, “paperbacks from hell” which documents the horror paperback explosion of the 80’s.On a whim I bought the kindle version for less than three bucks; I would have thought it would be long out of print and unavailable.It’s not literature. It’s tells a strange story in a very straight forward, easy-to-read way, without any poetry.If you’ve seen the movie, there were necessary changes to make a psychological thriller more cinematic, but the story is the same; a creepy variation on the Psycho template. Murder and sex are minimal and tasteful.

Found this gem after reading a couple of VC Andrews' works, after reading that Niederman was her ghostwriter. Was sufficiently creeped out pretty much the entire book, and read it in its entirety within two days. It's a quick read, and makes you really want to find out what will happen next. You could feel the tension as soon as you started Chapter One. I do have a lot of questions upon finishing it, though, and Ursula's character just didn't feel very realistic to me, how dependent she was on her brother, and what she did at the end of the book. Just doesn't jive. Otherwise, it was a great book and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys the horror genre. I'm looking forward to watching the movie now.

I am glad this book was reissued. I had not read it for some years. I had forgotten how gripping it is.Wow! The entire family is mad! Nuts! Father is cold and distant, Mother is a clean-freak, Leon is obsessed by Pin, and Ursula (love that name!) cannot stay away from her crazy brother, even though it seems like sometimes she tries to. She even tries to have a normal life and becomes engaged to Stan which ends in disaster.Neiderman is a master at gripping suspense and horror. It is no wonder that he has been so popular for so many years. I always look forward to each and every release from him - even if it is a reissue of one of his older books. I also look forward to every one of his V. C. Andrews books.Yes, a master for sure!

The story is great, but my paperback copy is missing six pages (jumps from page 146 to 153). Looks to be a manufacturing error, as the binding is strong and intact. Bummer since I bought this brand new and missed out on some of its content.

I originally wanted to read this book because I had read all of the Virginia Andrews novels and wanted to read the books by the man behind Andrews.... It turned out to be so much better than I thought it would be, it's twisted, weird, funny, macabre, scary and great all at once.... A great book I could recommend to any horror fan ;)