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crxwley10's review against another edition
5.0
The book remained me a lot to Coraline and Stephen King's books (I love both of them). The whole plot will leave you thinking about redemption, forgiveness, and also with concern about Christopher's life in every chapter.
I loved it!!!
I loved it!!!
melissareads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
heather_boo's review against another edition
2.0
A creepy and often confusing biblical retelling couched in modern day school age children and their families. It begins promising but as the complexities kept unfolding I myself could not recall if I was asleep in a imaginary world or in the real one. Scenes become choppy and discontinuous, like a trippy screen play. Exactly how many times did the Hissing Lady die? How did the nice man always happen to appear? How could the blind man Ambrose have been in a chase scene? Who exactly was God, was that power transferable? What happened? Was that real? And finally, just HUH?!
halthemonarch's review against another edition
2.0
“The world can try to take anything from you, but you have to give it your pride.”
Part one, Chris and his mom move away from his mom’s abuser to a small town in Pennsylvania. Chris gets frenically lost in a forest clearing he can’t seem to escape from and he’s consumed by the mysterious clearing and a disembodied giggling voice for six days.
Part two, do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Blowing in the wind, what if you could start again?
Part one, Chris and his mom move away from his mom’s abuser to a small town in Pennsylvania. Chris gets frenically lost in a forest clearing he can’t seem to escape from and he’s consumed by the mysterious clearing and a disembodied giggling voice for six days.
Part two, do you ever feel like a plastic bag? Blowing in the wind, what if you could start again?
mjturnsthepage's review against another edition
1.0
I was 436 pages through the book when I decided to throw in the towel.
This is completely out of character for me. Usually, if I am over 100 pages in a book, I always finish it.
Again, I'm over 400...
Once I read Chapter 73 (or 74, or 75. I honestly don't remember and at this point don't care) I put down the book and thought, surely there aren't 300 more pages of this book.
THERE IS.
The book was so long-winded and at times utterly boring. I went to this platform to see if I was crazy and found that others felt the same.
Thank you fellow Goodreaders for the validation!
I found the synopsis online and wasn't surprised by a damn thing and was glad I decided to stop reading. I have other books in my collection I'm excited to read and glad I will no longer be subjecting myself to the torture of finishing this novel.
This is completely out of character for me. Usually, if I am over 100 pages in a book, I always finish it.
Again, I'm over 400...
Once I read Chapter 73 (or 74, or 75. I honestly don't remember and at this point don't care) I put down the book and thought, surely there aren't 300 more pages of this book.
THERE IS.
The book was so long-winded and at times utterly boring. I went to this platform to see if I was crazy and found that others felt the same.
Thank you fellow Goodreaders for the validation!
I found the synopsis online and wasn't surprised by a damn thing and was glad I decided to stop reading. I have other books in my collection I'm excited to read and glad I will no longer be subjecting myself to the torture of finishing this novel.
lemouse's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
itsmetaphysical's review against another edition
2.0
I thought about making this three stars since I don’t read a ton of horror but it 1) was too damn long and 2) made me cry!
thiswayforhorrorrecs's review against another edition
This is the second time I've DNFed this book. I did make it farther this time. This book just isn't for me.
coelho_catarina's review against another edition
challenging
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
blurrypetals's review against another edition
4.0
I'm honestly struck speechless about this thing.
The moment I was alerted to the existence of this book, I was excited. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a masterclass in writing and I love his movies, expecially the film adaptations of Perks as well as R.J. Palacio's Wonder. This is all to say: if it has Stephen Chbosky's name on it, I'm in, no questions asked.
So, imagine my surprise, when wholesome dear Stephen Chbosky, after a 20 year break from novel writing, mades his sophomore outing a fucking horror novel.
I don't read a whole lot of horror. In fact, most anything I read would lean far more toward suspense or thriller rather than straight up horror like this. This book is meant to get your skin crawling, make you feel like something is watching you, and haunt you the whole time you're reading it. It is gross and vile and it ate away at me this whole week, bothering me at moments where I'd almost forgotten about it...and that's what makes it so good.
There is a part near the beginning that truly stayed with me and it is absolutely chilling each time I remember it. That's honestly how I'd describe this book: it's chilling. It's haunting and terrible, causing the reader just the right amount of confusion and frustration as this tome goes on and on, spiraling you and Christopher further into madness.
I'm hesitant to really talk about this book at length, because I think it's better to just plunge into it without knowing anything, but I will say, the only problems with this book are the resolution and the length and they play hand in hand. The final act of this book takes a very long time to fully play out and it became tiresome.
Other than that, this was a really compelling read that made my skin itch and now that we have this and Perks on Chbosky's resume, I truly have to say I have no idea where he could go next and I love that. Catch you next time, Chbosky; hopefully it won't take you another 20 years to do it all over again.
The moment I was alerted to the existence of this book, I was excited. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a masterclass in writing and I love his movies, expecially the film adaptations of Perks as well as R.J. Palacio's Wonder. This is all to say: if it has Stephen Chbosky's name on it, I'm in, no questions asked.
So, imagine my surprise, when wholesome dear Stephen Chbosky, after a 20 year break from novel writing, mades his sophomore outing a fucking horror novel.
I don't read a whole lot of horror. In fact, most anything I read would lean far more toward suspense or thriller rather than straight up horror like this. This book is meant to get your skin crawling, make you feel like something is watching you, and haunt you the whole time you're reading it. It is gross and vile and it ate away at me this whole week, bothering me at moments where I'd almost forgotten about it...and that's what makes it so good.
There is a part near the beginning that truly stayed with me and it is absolutely chilling each time I remember it. That's honestly how I'd describe this book: it's chilling. It's haunting and terrible, causing the reader just the right amount of confusion and frustration as this tome goes on and on, spiraling you and Christopher further into madness.
I'm hesitant to really talk about this book at length, because I think it's better to just plunge into it without knowing anything, but I will say, the only problems with this book are the resolution and the length and they play hand in hand. The final act of this book takes a very long time to fully play out and it became tiresome.
Other than that, this was a really compelling read that made my skin itch and now that we have this and Perks on Chbosky's resume, I truly have to say I have no idea where he could go next and I love that. Catch you next time, Chbosky; hopefully it won't take you another 20 years to do it all over again.