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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
I miss reading this book. Might be time for a re-read. Favourite horror book
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Shirley alles gut bei dir? (nein)
So viel Einsamkeit und wenig Sinn im eigenen Leben zu finden als Geister Geschichte ist ne insane choice, aber auch ne crazy gute.
So viel Einsamkeit und wenig Sinn im eigenen Leben zu finden als Geister Geschichte ist ne insane choice, aber auch ne crazy gute.
Pensé que sería un libro de terror perfecto para octubre y resultó ser una analogía de mi peor miedo, el estar vacía de identidad gracias al patriarcado y preferir morir sola antes que volver a una vida atrapada en esa condición. Yo quería miedo ahora tengo miedo y estoy triste.
I really liked this book. The book overall was unsettling and it was sad to follow Nells consciousness into darkness.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is done a huge injustice by people reading it expecting to get a regurgitation of the television series. While the show is clearly a love letter to this atmospheric, unsettling masterpiece, they share almost nothing in terms of storyline. But if you can get past any preset expectations, this book really is so special. Succinct and gripping, this is a quick read that stands the test of time. I’m personally fairly weary of most “classics,” since the prose is typically pretty dense and the hooks are written for an audience that simply no longer exists. Not so with this one! Beautifully but not obscurely written, with a story and theme that still feel potent, engaging, and relevant. The author plays with truth, perception and identity through the eyes of the main character in a way that I genuinely have not stopped thinking about since I finished it.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
definitely deserves the praise it gets but i wish people wouldn't present this as a super scary horror novel. it is deeply unsettling but it's an atmospheric psychological portrait of a deeply repressed woman in the 1950s, not a Supernatural Horror Novel. i think it does the book and its themes a disservice to not acknowledge it for what it is.