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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Joyce Reardon
4.0
Ok, did anyone else see Stephen King’s miniseries Rose Red back in the day?! Another diary like book for the win!
This book is interesting because nowhere in or on the book does it actually say who the author was. It was created to be presented as a factual diary of a woman that never actually existed. Derived slightly from the story of the mysterious Winchester home, we have Ellen Rimbauer that writes from the time she is to be married off to the older but wealthy bachelor John Rimbauer, through their year long honeymoon across the world and throughout her life at Rose Red.
I’d you’ve seen Rose Red, this book follows along similarly in the sense that some of the ghosts and incidents in the movie happened while she was alive still and she tells us about it from the first person POV. From the African woman Sukeena who stayed with her to the seance to her daughter April with the withered arm. There were several moments when I got the chills reading about one of her ghostly experiences in a home that “wants” her. Well done in my opinion!
This book is interesting because nowhere in or on the book does it actually say who the author was. It was created to be presented as a factual diary of a woman that never actually existed. Derived slightly from the story of the mysterious Winchester home, we have Ellen Rimbauer that writes from the time she is to be married off to the older but wealthy bachelor John Rimbauer, through their year long honeymoon across the world and throughout her life at Rose Red.
I’d you’ve seen Rose Red, this book follows along similarly in the sense that some of the ghosts and incidents in the movie happened while she was alive still and she tells us about it from the first person POV. From the African woman Sukeena who stayed with her to the seance to her daughter April with the withered arm. There were several moments when I got the chills reading about one of her ghostly experiences in a home that “wants” her. Well done in my opinion!