#the fifth child
Review: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
Harriet and David are a happy couple who want lots of children, and so they have them. The first four are perfectly ordinary. The fifth child is something else. It’s a simple premise for a horror novel–almost an obvious one–and accordingly, it needs less than 150 pages for the idea to express itself fully.
This is not a gory, blood-pumping horror novel; it’s a tale of suspense. We spend nearly…
