Review of The silence and the damned

[Meghan Sica]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The silence and the damned" by Garret Clayton.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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The Silence and the Damned Part 2: The Present by Garret Clayton is an intriguing story about the author’s personal experiences dealing with demonic hauntings. The author explains that they had found a very old oil lamp in an antique shop that was purchased for their mother. The author was drawn to the lamp, but upon gifting it, their mother kindly returned it and told the author to put it in their new home. Upon moving into a new house, auditory and visual disturbances began to happen. Garret Clayton became increasingly aware of multiple entities inhabiting the home through the lamp. In total, there were ninety-six entities.

Some of these entities were a priest, a nurse, patients, and other employees who all worked or lived at an insane asylum in New Jersey in the 1960s. The patients were victims of rape and physical and experimental abuse done by the doctors and employees who worked at the asylum. The innocent entities were threatened by demons as they tried desperately to escape and cross over into the light. The author contacted multiple paranormal groups and demonologists. All of which began trying to expel the demons and entities that inhabited the lamp and terrorized the author. Unfortunately, all of them determined it was too dangerous and put everyone at risk, so they had to withdraw.

I rate this book four out of five stars. I found this book to be very compelling. I can only imagine the terror the author has continued to face as they deal with the hauntings that have occurred over the past several years. This book was very short. I was surprised it was such a quick, fast-paced read. I feel as though a lot of the information was thrown into the story very quickly. I would have enjoyed more detail and thorough descriptions of the events that transpired. I understand the author was retelling a true story of experiences, and through doing this, they had to relive the fear they experienced. I applaud the author for their bravery in sharing such terrifying encounters.

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[Yasmine ZM]

Reading the review, I was wondering if the mother knew that something was amiss with the antique lamp. Ninety six entities?? That's is very disturbing. I wonder how the author got out of it all? I am also wondering, wouldn't be easier if he got rid of the lamp? Did the entities also haunt the antique shop before the lamp was bought? Or perhaps all of this happened to him for a reason. I am definitely intrigued, and despite the negative point mentioned, I will add this book to my shelves.