It's one of those books that are kind of interesting but isn't all that gripping. It has a cache of semi-interesting characters, and the plot isn't that great- you can predict the ending from the very first chapter. Not only is it predictable, it doesn't manage to cook up the interesting turn points that well written psychological thrillers have. I only read this book because I had nothing better to do. Still, that's only my opinion- go ahead and read it if you like psychological thrillers. It isn't THAT bad.

...here's the description from the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "A four-year- old boy is dead. His eight-year-old sister, Billyjean, is accuses of murder. Here is the story of Billyjean, thirteen years later---the powerful portrait of a young woman's journey from madness back to reality. Billyjean lies in an unreal world where terror resides in the next room. Billyjean has returned home after thirteen years in a mental assylum. She has listened carefully to her kindly, patient psychiatrist about what to expect. She looks at her new life with a unique, completely personal logic, and the clarity of a child discovering a new alphabet... Her only friends are two precocious young neighbors who persuade Billyjean to open her own investigation into the murder. Told with penetrating psychological insight and a deft sense of drama, OUTRUN THE DARK will haunt the reader after he has turned the final page."

I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS ABOUT WHEN I PICKED IT OFF MY ROOMATES BOOKSHELF....HE GOT IT AT A MODEL HOME CLOSE OUT SALE SO THERE WAS NO BOOK JACKET. ALTHOUGH IT WAS PREDICTABLE, IT PERKED MY INTEREST IN READING AGAIN, SOMETHING I HAVEN'T DONE FOR MANY YEARS....I FINISHED IT ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO AND SINCE THEN I'VE READ 5 OTHER BOOKS (DIFFERENT AUTHORS). I THOUGHT THE CHARACTERS WERE ALL VERY INTERESTING, THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS A BIT DISTURBING BUT ALL IN ALL, I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK HIGHLY.