Our group read a book called "Under The Ice" by John Gordon. Although I wasn't there because I was sick I have talked to my group about what i've done for the discussion. The story is set in the sub-urbs sometime during winter.
The story starts seemingly normal at first when a friend invites the main character over to his house to hang out, later they both go ice skating at the nearby lake. The friends skate at night so there is an ominous aura being given off. While he is skating he suddenly sees a corpse under the ice he is skating on. Just as he thought the night could not be creepier his friend tells him that he and his father drowned his uncle here. He goes on to explain why he drowned his uncle and later sends the main character home.
Next day they both acted like nothing happened and business went on as usual. One day his friend invited him over again and they went skating. They talked about what happened last time and continued skating. Suddenly his friend's father warned them to go back. They started skating towards the bank but when the moon starts to emerge a crack appears in the ice. The corpse crashes through the ice and grabs the friend. The father skates toward him but alas it is too late and the corpse takes them both into the water. The main character just stands there watching as his friend and his friend's father drown.
I thought the ending was extremely scary, especially because I read that at night. The story seems to be a movie style scary story with a scary twist in the end where the dead takes revenge for the wrong done on him/her. The genre of this book is Horror/Thriller and I think I would only recommend this story to people who are interested in this genre.
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