--- product_id: 11525021 title: "Cemetery Girl Paperback – October 4, 2011" brand: "david bell" price: "92.11 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11525021-cemetery-girl-paperback-october-4-2011 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Cemetery Girl Paperback – October 4, 2011 **Brand:** david bell **Price:** 92.11 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cemetery Girl Paperback – October 4, 2011 by david bell - **How much does it cost?** 92.11 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11525021-cemetery-girl-paperback-october-4-2011) ## Best For - david bell enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted david bell brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Cemetery Girl Paperback – October 4, 2011 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51liisLf0rL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Meh *by C***D on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023* The story starts out promisingly but it soon becomes apparent that the characters lack depth making it hard for the reader to sustain interest in what happens to them. Their motivations and relationships remain superficial and nebulous throughout. ### ⭐ One of the Worst Books Around *by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2012* I can get past the typos throughout the book. I can even get past the below average writing, but what I can't get past is the awful storyline and unrealistic characters. This book may take the cake for being the worst book I've ever read. I'm trying to think back, mentally wading through all the books I've read, and I can't think of another one as awful as this one. I'm not usually too picky, and I tend to find positive aspects of a book, but there is so little depth here, and the characters are so pitifully written, that I can't muster up one compliment. And the dialogue...don't even get me started on that.*SPOILER ALERT*Right away, I was annoyed with the main characters. By chapter 4, I was rolling my eyes at their stupidity, but I kept truckin' along, certain that things would improve. The first really ridiculous part of the book comes when Tom and Abby find their daughter and meet her at the police station. Tom is already making seriously stupid promises and acting like a fool, but okay...whatever. Everything was painfully unrealistic.Then comes the hospital visit. This is when I KNEW I was working with an author that doesn't like to do research, and who clearly got his very short span of information on the female body from an outdated medical journal written in 1802. When detective Ryan comes out of the hospital room and tells Tom and Abby that Caitlin must have been raped because her hymen is broken, I nearly slammed the book closed. OH MY GOD! Are you kidding me?First of all, that kind of information wouldn't come from a detective. It would come from the doctor standing in the next room. Second, most 16-year-old girls have no hymen, and it may very well not be due to sexual activity at all. Without being too graphic, it's pretty obvious if you think about why this makes zero sense. Has David Bell been living in the dark ages?Point is: if you're going to write a book about this type of subject matter, and you're bringing into question whether or not the "victim" has been raped, you never write a scene in which some hulking, meat-head detective walks up to the parents and says something award-winningly stupid, like: Tom, I hate to tell you this, but Caitlin has no hymen.This was some of the worst dialogue I've ever had the misfortune of reading.As if that wasn't bad enough, Tom and Abby fight over the silliest, most unrealistic things throughout the entire book. Abby keeps bringing around this creepy pastor dude named "Pastor Chris," and no matter how annoyed he makes Tom, he's continually allowed access to their daughter, and he's allowed to move in on Tom's territory at every turn.Then there's Buster, Tom's brother. This is another turd of a character. He's involved in Caitlin's abduction (to one degree or another), yet Tom doesn't mind and won't even tell the police where his brother is, despite the entire book being centered around Tom wanting to find out the truth regarding his daughter's abduction. Sure...'cause that's totally believable.That brings me to the worst aspect of this book. The story isn't really about Caitlin coming home or her transition into her former life. No, no. That would have made too much sense. No, the story is about a father. A father who wants his daughter to return home more than anything in the world, yet when she does, he's not too happy about the young woman she's become. Then, the focus of the book (Tom's goal) becomes finding out what the abductor (whom Caitlin is in love with, by the way) did to her during the four years he had. I was particularly impressed by the scene in which Tom takes a drive out to the abductor's home and has, what seemed to be, an all too pleasant conversation with the very man who took his little girl 4 years prior.Fast forward to the end of the book: Tom's so obsessed with finding out if the abductor had sex with his daughter that he's willing to give her back to him if he'll tell Tom everything he did to her. At the last minute, Tom realizes that he can't let Caitlin go again; he loves her too much. The cops nab the abductor, Buster seems to have gotten away with whatever the hell he did to involve himself in the abduction (it was never really explained), Abby moves into the church with Pastor Chris and Caitlin, and Tom sees Caitlin on weekends.No exaggeration, this was a terrible, awful, stupid, silly, pathetic excuse of a novel. I feel pretty confident that most 12-year-old children could write more realistic dialogue than David Bell. And to think: before reading this book, I nearly ordered more of his novels. This has taught me one thing, though: some of the reviews on Amazon are WILDLY misleading. To each his or her own, I guess. ### ⭐⭐⭐ "Cemetery Girl: A Story of a lost child and a torn family" *by M***D on Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011* "Cemetery Girl" was written by David Bell. Mr. Bell is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. While Mr. Bell has been writing for several years, it appears that "Cemetery Girl" is one of several novels.The book is written in the first person by the main protagonist. Other character dialog is interspersed and identified with the person speaking. The writing is straight forward and not complex; it should be acceptable to a wide audience.The main characters in the story are Tom Stuart, his wife Abby, Tom's half brother `Buster', twelve year old daughter Caitlin, and Frosty the family dog. As the story opens, we find that Caitlin had taken Frosty for a walk in the park near her home and has disappeared without a trace. Tom and Abby search unsuccessfully to find her and Abby has reached the end of her hope and apparently her marriage to Tom. Abby arranges for the symbolic death of her daughter by having a "cenotaph" erected at the local cemetery. Tom abhors the idea because he believes Caitlin will be found - and one day, some four years since her disappearance, Caitlin simply reappears, now reluctant to rejoin her family! This then begins the search for knowledge; a quest for meaning and understanding of what happened to Caitlin.This novel is a dark story of a parent's worst nightmare - the unexplained disappearance of a daughter when she is only twelve. The characters in the story all seem to have some peculiar personality problems. Tom Stuart, a weak and pitiful victim of an abusive step father; Buster, Tom's half brother involved in nefarious dealings, including drugs and exposing himself; Abby, Tom's wife substituting the church for her lost child and abandoning her husband in the process as she becomes enchanted with the young church pastor; John Colter, a pedophile and psychological master mind; and Caitlin, a child who at twelve years old, possesses unnatural adolescent behavior, disdain for her family, and a mind incapable of perceiving evil. All and all a cast that confounds the reader with a hapless dichotomy between what is expected and what is revealed of these people. The author spins the tale with an ever growing urgency to "know what happened" to Caitlin. The effort becomes a compulsive quest, not only for Tom Stuart, but for the reader. Captivated to the end, the reader's quest evaporates to nothingness - no knowledge, no revelations, no answers; only a jaw dropping "is that it?" The story fizzles to an unrewarding conclusion.The reader will encounter some inconsistencies in development of the plot as well. For instance, in the scene that has Tom and Caitlin leaving the family home in the car for a meeting with John Colter, Abby, coming in the other direction in her car, accosts Tom. When questioned, Abby says that Buster called her and told her what Tom was doing! However, Buster never knew what Tom planned or was doing so he couldn't have called and told Abby.All and all I was somewhat disappointed by this composition mainly for the reasons I pointed out. The writing was generally good, and the story line had great potential that I just felt was unfulfilled. In the end, I feel that some readers will be attracted to the saga in spite of my reservations. Therefore, I recommend this novel with caution; I would rate it pleasurable-not memorable. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11525021-cemetery-girl-paperback-october-4-2011](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11525021-cemetery-girl-paperback-october-4-2011) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-08*