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A review by meshhhh
House of Darkness House of Light: The True Story Volume One by Andrea Perron
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
this book tells the story of the Perron family and everything they experienced whilst living on a haunted house in Rhode Island. written in third person narration, "House of Darkness, House of Light" shares not only the horrifying encounters with paranormal entities, but it also tries to paint a picture of normality by telling stories that are not marred by the presence of supernatural beings. on top of this, the book also makes several spiritual reflections, which sometimes read like a self-improvement manual and that i did not expect at all to find here.
the decision to talk about more things than the hauntings, might make this book a bit off-putting for those that are looking for the same story told in The Conjuring. specially because after 500 pages, the Warrens have only been mentioned in passing a handful of times.
many of the chapters felt like repetitions of previously told stories and i wasn't particularly fond of the spiritual recollections and reflections, though i understand the author felt the need to include them in order to make the story less exploitative and more like the tale of a real family with feelings, experiences, traumas, and thoughts.
i also found funny the third person narration, especially when the author talked about herself. it was funny to see someone throwing themselves so many flowers, whilst pretending they are not.
to be honest, this was a book i did not expect to read as fast as i did, or to enjoy it as much. i am still not sure about reading the next one, on one hand i want to know more and i found myself getting attached to the sisters, but on the other i fear that another 500 pages will go by without talking of the truly scary and dramatic events (that i bought this book for).
the decision to talk about more things than the hauntings, might make this book a bit off-putting for those that are looking for the same story told in The Conjuring. specially because after 500 pages, the Warrens have only been mentioned in passing a handful of times.
many of the chapters felt like repetitions of previously told stories and i wasn't particularly fond of the spiritual recollections and reflections, though i understand the author felt the need to include them in order to make the story less exploitative and more like the tale of a real family with feelings, experiences, traumas, and thoughts.
i also found funny the third person narration, especially when the author talked about herself. it was funny to see someone throwing themselves so many flowers, whilst pretending they are not.
to be honest, this was a book i did not expect to read as fast as i did, or to enjoy it as much. i am still not sure about reading the next one, on one hand i want to know more and i found myself getting attached to the sisters, but on the other i fear that another 500 pages will go by without talking of the truly scary and dramatic events (that i bought this book for).