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lynn_k's review
3.0
Apparently I saw the movie that this book is based on but I don't remember a thing about it! Typical 1970s pulp horror. As long as you can deal with the sexism it's a fast paced supernatural locked room mystery, but the room is a weird English country house and the surrounding area/village.
jeathhp's review
5.0
Obviously, I need a WEIRD bookshelf, as this and Shirley Jackson clearly fall into that category. This book was made into a movie in the 70s, and they followed the book carefully. The story is spooky without being out-and-out scary. Can't say quite why, but this is one of my all-time favorites. Is it the nurse who transforms into a cat? Is it the grotesque way that the victims die in accordance with their transgressions? Or the innocent woman who finds her destiny is not at all what she thought it was going to be, and what will she do with it? And yes, it IS in part because of the movie scene with Roger Daltrey's fabulous death, choking on chicken (spoiler alert!!!) ... but he ate ham!
nicolesa's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
voya_k's review
The cover of this book TERRIFIED me as a little kid. If I ever come across it in a used bookstore, I will 1)scream and 2)read it.
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