Reviews

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

bookscoffeecats's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

lilliankeys's review against another edition

2.0

Just a disappointment

papapupucepestipi's review

4.0

Chef's kiss.

jaydoncornell's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

soapiesttub's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

jmbwillis's review

2.0

I kept waiting for this book to live up to the hype...it never happened.

rebelkiss's review

4.0

I feel like the ending fell flat. The story was a bit long winded but overall I really enjoyed it.

lenaumi's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

funkyartmuffins's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A little too slow paced for me. I agree with another reviewer...I find Peter Straub's wording and sentence structure confusing at times, and needed to re-read passages more than once. The story didn't flow well into my mind. I can usually sink into a groove, but not with this book for some reason. Reading this felt like a lot of work.

There were some definite scary and spooky bits, but the rest of the book felt like a slog to get through.

badseedgirl's review

4.0

I thought this was a reread for me, but as I went along I was sure that I had, in fact, never read this book, but had only seen the movie. I felt this would be an excellent Christmas read. It was set in a New England winter season and follows nicely, the tradition of ghost stories at Christmas time.

I was incredibly scared by this movie when I saw it back in 1985 on VHS. But now as an adult, I found the story even more disturbing. I am glad I finally read this classic.