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Horror

The Forbidden Game

The Hunter, The Chase, The Kill

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  • 1997 first published
  • 736 pages
  • ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  • 7 editions
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Lisa Jane Smith's The Forbidden Game (1997) is a horror novel. Readers will find themes of board games, teenagers, games and phobias.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 28 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Paperback Books bestseller list in 2010.

At about 736 pages, most readers finish it in 13–14 hours.

About The Forbidden Game

When Jenny buys a game for her boyfriend, Tom, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the guy behind the counter. There is something mysteriously alluring about Julian's pale eyes and bleached-blond hair. And when he places the Game into her hands, she knows their connection is something deeper. But as Jenny and her six friends begin to play the Game at Tom's birthday celebration, a night of friends and fun quickly turns into a night of terror and obsessive love. Because the Game isn't just a game - it's the seven friends' new reality, where Julian reigns as the Prince of the Shadows. One by one the friends must confront their phobias to win the Game. To lose the Game is to lose their lives. And that is only the beginning.
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Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Paperback Books, 2010

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • American Young adult fiction
  • American Horror tales
  • Horror stories
  • Board games
  • Teenagers
  • Games
  • Horror fiction
  • Phobias
  • Children's fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Forbidden Game?

The Forbidden Game was written by Lisa Jane Smith and first published in 1997.

What genre is The Forbidden Game?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Forbidden Game?

The median edition has 736 pages, about 13–14 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Forbidden Game?

Readers who like it often enjoy Coraline, City of Bones and The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes.

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