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A review by trisha_thomas
Ouija by Katharine Turner
1.0
"As friends we gathered,
Hearts are true,
Spirits near,
We call to you..."
I am so disappointed. I have a deal with myself to read books before I watch the movies. Sometimes this is a great idea and sometimes, it's just not. I think this is one where the movie....might....be better than the book. I'm not sure, I haven't seen it yet, but it has to be better.
The only good suspenseful moments in this story are when the kids are suddenly not acting right - when Debbie's moment came, that was a bit creepy. Otherwise, there was too much telling and not enough build up. Jump scare type moments just don't translate well on paper and so they didn't feel scary or creepy in this story. The explanation, I think, would look better on screen but felt silly and unrealistic in the book - as each stage played out, it got more and more unrealistic.
I'm disappointed because a good Ouija board story could be so much more.
Hearts are true,
Spirits near,
We call to you..."
I am so disappointed. I have a deal with myself to read books before I watch the movies. Sometimes this is a great idea and sometimes, it's just not. I think this is one where the movie....might....be better than the book. I'm not sure, I haven't seen it yet, but it has to be better.
The only good suspenseful moments in this story are when the kids are suddenly not acting right - when Debbie's moment came, that was a bit creepy. Otherwise, there was too much telling and not enough build up. Jump scare type moments just don't translate well on paper and so they didn't feel scary or creepy in this story. The explanation, I think, would look better on screen but felt silly and unrealistic in the book - as each stage played out, it got more and more unrealistic.
I'm disappointed because a good Ouija board story could be so much more.