Reviews - Okretaj zavrtnja i druge priče o duhovima

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Okretaj zavrtnja i druge priče o duhovima

T.J. Lustig, Henry James

3.29 AVERAGE

el_bez's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pinkflingmangos's review against another edition

5.0

Took longer than expected to read. For being written in 1898, it holds up as a ghost story. I enjoyed the first-person narration from the governess, even if she’s an unreliable narrator.

david_mag's review against another edition

2.0

The turn of the screw is good, the other stories quite boring. I do not like his style at all, it becomes extremely convoluted very quickly and the plot is easily lost.

christine_shaw's review against another edition

3.25

Victorian ghost stories, how can you go wrong?

onewooga's review against another edition

4.0

I have to say, you need patience to read Henry James. The man is a master of the clause and the prepositional phrase. If you are an English teacher forced to torture your students with diagramming sentences, James is your man. That being said, the stories are really quite subtle and sneakily brilliant. I kept thinking, OK, where is this going, Henry, and then we'd get there and I'd think: WOW. My favorites in this collection do not actually include "The Turn of the Screw," which was my original reason for reading it. That story is fun, but I find "The Beast in the Jungle" and "The Jolly Corner" to be my favorites--and in some ways they complement each other, with similar themes although different outcomes--and I also liked "The Tree of Knowledge." The prose here is much different than what you get with a more modern writer, but I can't help thinking none of us is capable, any more, of writing this way.