"That's how the history of Starling House feels to me now, like a story told so many times the truth is obscured, caught only in slantwise glimpses. Maybe that's how every history is."
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"That's how the history of Starling House feels to me now, like a story told so many times the truth is obscured, caught only in slantwise glimpses. Maybe that's how every history is."
so-soOkay, to get this out of the way... The dog does NOT die!
This book was too dense and too long. The whole book was slow. I thought the sex scenes were pretty ew and the ending was a cop out. The major point the entire plot pivots around was frustrating to me. And it was not at all scary.
However, I was always glad enough to pick it up and keep going, I wanted to know what was going to happen. So I guess I just have to give it a solid Meh rating.
pickThis was a nice spooky ghost story with a very sweet main character. Not amazing, but a nice quick read. 3.5⭐️
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This book has me in a choke hold! I'm only halfway through, and I have realized that I might need to read everything this author has ever written!!
It‘s fun to come across a bookshop I‘ve been to in a novel. If you‘re around Oakland, CA, Marcus Books is well worth a visit!
so-soGrateful to #netgalley for access to this horror novel. On paper it‘s exactly my thing: Malerman, a demon, an unreliable narrator. In reality, the child narrator was repetitive and I wanted more demon than I got.
pickThis is quite a unique horror as its told from the view of a child so we see everything through her eyes. It's a different take. The plot is creepy and a little sad at times. You can't help but feel for Bela in this. A child facing adult situations. The ending was how I figured it would end. I'm not sure if I liked it and yet it worked for the story. The atmoshpere is well built in this and definitely not one to read late at night or home alone.
pickWhen someone mentions Hill House, my mouth won't stop talking about how wonderful and magnificent that book is. Although after finishing Hill House, some doubts or hypotheses moved into my head, and I may have many questions that perhaps have no answers, I love that book. The feeling of melancholy and terror that Shirley leaves in each chapter makes my skin tingle and doubt grows within me. Was Hill House really haunted?
pick4 Stars • "How to Sell a Haunted House" by Grady Hendrix follows siblings Louise and Mark as they try to sell their late parents‘ home, only to face supernatural chaos from a sinister puppet, Pupkin, and their family‘s dark secrets. Released in January 2023, it‘s a horror-comedy mix of grief, rivalry, and spooky absurdity.
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