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A review by ntharpta1
House of Whispers by R.L. Stine
2.0
R.L. Stine has some interesting ideas, but his YA stories always read more like a detailed outline or summary than a fully fleshed out novel. So interesting how much YA has changed in the last two decades.
I don't know if it was the historical setting but this also read at times more like a Gothic romance than a horror. Middle school me would have really enjoyed this. Adult me was left very underwhelmed. Black magic. Tarot cards. Hero with an eye patch. Civil War. And lots of murders for 150 or so pages.
I don't know if it was the historical setting but this also read at times more like a Gothic romance than a horror. Middle school me would have really enjoyed this. Adult me was left very underwhelmed. Black magic. Tarot cards. Hero with an eye patch. Civil War. And lots of murders for 150 or so pages.