A review by superturtle
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

Had to read this book for school as summer reading, I can appreciate that the writing is high quality and the atmosphere that Henry James created is magnificent but I just couldn’t get into it, I had to force myself to read it when usually I can’t put books down. Also a variety of qualities and styles for the short stories. My gut says to rate this book lower but the quality of the writing hold me back. The one thing that really brings it down is how old it is, I’m sick of hearing how people are ejaculating and are so “queer”. If you want to read ghost stories there are better options.