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cjw's review against another edition
Henry James is as dull as I remembered. How can you make a ghost story so tedious that the reader can’t even get through 100 pages?
elrose20's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
lemonpudge's review against another edition
3.0
To be fair I would give just The Turn of the Screw four stars and In the Cage 2 or 3. The Turn of the Screw was a very good creepy ghosty story. Totally recommended. In the Cage is about an idiot woman who falls in love with a man she doesn't know--oh the pining--...thhhppppt.
marye17's review against another edition
Haven’t been in the mood for gothic classic
courtneymminor's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
I read ‘The Turn of the Screw’ in the Spring, and ‘In the Cage’ just now (in the fall). Honestly, I didn’t know what was going on most of the time (in either story), but for some reason found them both enjoyable nonetheless. Both feature young female protagonists who might just be imagining everything!
mary_stormageddon's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
vgillispie's review against another edition
4.0
This is my first Henry James and it was a bit of a challenge to get through the florid language and frequent use of pronouns (at times had difficulty knowing who was being referred to). The Turn is the Screw seems almost cliche as a ghost/horror story but it’s the prototype that created that cliche! In the Cage is an odd but quite cinematic story of a telegraph shop worker following the drama of her customers’ missives.
ashlee_green's review against another edition
1.0
People always talk about this being one of the greatest ghost stories of all time. I don't get it.