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2.89 AVERAGE
2.89 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
For a non-fiction book I expected it to read like a non-fiction. The language Perron used and the POV she wrote in seemed more suitable to a fiction in my opinion. It seems to me what Perron wants is to be an author and used this as an excuse to be so.
This would’ve really benefitted from an editor, there’s so many jumps and skips, and the pacing is all over the place. One second it’s mind numbingly boring and the next it’s amped up to 100% and then drops back down again, I was getting whiplash. The events Perron wrote about wasn’t done linearly so it just added to the confusion. It was tedious to read and I was bored with the story within 100 pages but I held out because I expected something worth reading and while there was some interesting content, it didn’t make up for it. There were so many things Perron mentioned that I wished for an expansion on, lots of different spirits and events I wanted to know more about, and she probably goes into more detail in the next two volumes, but I really don’t think I could take any more of this, even as interested as I am in her story.
This would’ve really benefitted from an editor, there’s so many jumps and skips, and the pacing is all over the place. One second it’s mind numbingly boring and the next it’s amped up to 100% and then drops back down again, I was getting whiplash. The events Perron wrote about wasn’t done linearly so it just added to the confusion. It was tedious to read and I was bored with the story within 100 pages but I held out because I expected something worth reading and while there was some interesting content, it didn’t make up for it. There were so many things Perron mentioned that I wished for an expansion on, lots of different spirits and events I wanted to know more about, and she probably goes into more detail in the next two volumes, but I really don’t think I could take any more of this, even as interested as I am in her story.
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this book tells the story of the Perron family and everything they experienced whilst living on a haunted house in Rhode Island. written in third person narration, "House of Darkness, House of Light" shares not only the horrifying encounters with paranormal entities, but it also tries to paint a picture of normality by telling stories that are not marred by the presence of supernatural beings. on top of this, the book also makes several spiritual reflections, which sometimes read like a self-improvement manual and that i did not expect at all to find here.
the decision to talk about more things than the hauntings, might make this book a bit off-putting for those that are looking for the same story told in The Conjuring. specially because after 500 pages, the Warrens have only been mentioned in passing a handful of times.
many of the chapters felt like repetitions of previously told stories and i wasn't particularly fond of the spiritual recollections and reflections, though i understand the author felt the need to include them in order to make the story less exploitative and more like the tale of a real family with feelings, experiences, traumas, and thoughts.
i also found funny the third person narration, especially when the author talked about herself. it was funny to see someone throwing themselves so many flowers, whilst pretending they are not.
to be honest, this was a book i did not expect to read as fast as i did, or to enjoy it as much. i am still not sure about reading the next one, on one hand i want to know more and i found myself getting attached to the sisters, but on the other i fear that another 500 pages will go by without talking of the truly scary and dramatic events (that i bought this book for).
the decision to talk about more things than the hauntings, might make this book a bit off-putting for those that are looking for the same story told in The Conjuring. specially because after 500 pages, the Warrens have only been mentioned in passing a handful of times.
many of the chapters felt like repetitions of previously told stories and i wasn't particularly fond of the spiritual recollections and reflections, though i understand the author felt the need to include them in order to make the story less exploitative and more like the tale of a real family with feelings, experiences, traumas, and thoughts.
i also found funny the third person narration, especially when the author talked about herself. it was funny to see someone throwing themselves so many flowers, whilst pretending they are not.
to be honest, this was a book i did not expect to read as fast as i did, or to enjoy it as much. i am still not sure about reading the next one, on one hand i want to know more and i found myself getting attached to the sisters, but on the other i fear that another 500 pages will go by without talking of the truly scary and dramatic events (that i bought this book for).
This book was almost painful to keep reading. It was 300 pages too long filled with the most ridiculous descriptions and passages. I won't be reading Volume 2. There are too many good books in my library to fill my time. Just go see the movie (The Conjuring) and you get the gist.
So, so, so bad. Terrible, horrendous prose. No sense of time. Such an abundance of irrelevant information. This book could be at least half the size if the prose didn’t take up so much space. I was bored out of my mind and confused about where I was in time. Just horrific. The writing is scarier than anything you’ll find in this book!
While it was interesting to read "The Conjuring" from the oldest daughter of the family, it is obvious that she isn't a writer. Very wordy and but good overall story and memory. I'm be reason the rest of the series, but not in a rush to do so.
even it's based on true story from the conjuring. the storyline is very boring.. too many details and repetition..
slow-paced
this is so poorly written an idealized at the beginning that i couldn’t even make it past page 250. give me the demons