Lori

This book doesn’t contain gore, there’s no animalistic monster, and for the most part, there isn’t much violence, but man does it scare me. The horror of this is creeping and is a notable example of show don’t tell. It's all the little things that build up that makes this so good. How could you force an entire town to give up their possessions? I now know and believe it could happen the way it did in the book.

As I read through this, I kept thinking come on fight back. This goes on for most of the book amplifying the feeling of helplessness the characters feel. It got to the point I wanted to put the book down, but the story was so good that I couldn’t. Which was a good thing, as after finishing the book I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

I wish there could have been more books by this author. It’s such a good book I went out and bought it afterward.

I was so thoroughly disappointed with this book. All the stories fell flat, and the writing was just horrible. Each story felt like a first draft making it confusing and quite annoying to get through. Often at points in the stories, I forgot why I was even reading about this or that. The characters are all flat to the point it feels like there are no emotions in this book. We were told how the characters felt but that’s not enough.

The story which is the main title of the book was probably the best of the stories. Even then the jump from somewhat eloquent letters to short DMs was jarring. The wording used was often cringy. The relationship has no build-up and is a straight-to-bastardized version of a BDSM connection. It was less BDSM and more punishment for no reason. I did like the line what have you done today to deserve your eyes. However, the impact of this is lost due to the lack of build-up or real human emotions.

This book was not worth reading though with each story getting worse.

The writing in this book is very good but the overall story is a little disappointing. I picked this book up since I loved the author's other book Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books. But this is quite different.

This book focused too much on hating men but at the same time, I liked how the author showed examples of how men are either placed over or take advantage of women. It's nice to have a female revenge fantasy but it's not great to have a hate on every man's story. This book walked a line and constantly fell to one side taking away from the main story that I came to read. If it pulled back from man blaming and hating the story could have been better.

As for the main story I wished they would focus on helping more ghosts get their revenge. That’s the book I came for. What we got was much slower-paced and not too much of a mystery. Although I loved Harriet. You go you badass! She is by far the best character, and I could have

read an entire novel about her alone. She had the best transformation into female power and the best lines. Honestly, by the end of the book I wanted to be her.

I enjoyed the writing and most of the story but wish it was better on some of its more serous subjects.

After finishing The Haunting of Hill House I wanted to read more by this author and this was a good book to follow up with. This one was less about horror and more character-driven. It's still good in its way. It's more of a weird story than anything else. Think a little about the film Corpse Bride. Not scary but eclectic.

The writing is just as good as the other book I read. You could say there’s not much of a point to this story but it's still interesting learning more about the family. Not what I was expecting but I liked it anyway.

I could not believe how good this book is. The characters are beautifully written out and the interactions between them feel real. The start of the book was interesting in that it was about a scientist trying to study the paranormal. From there we learn more about the other characters brought to the house to learn about the house itself.

The character-building is what makes this book so great. Each are real with their own motivations. Dialog didn’t feel forced, and characters were driven seemingly by themselves. The slow change from scientific to paranormal was breathtakingly well done. This slow change felt natural and horrifying.

This was such a great read that I only wish I read it sooner.

So cute! The drawing style is so cute, and I love the colour choices they made for the book. The book on the other hand was just as good. This is a young adult read and I would have loved this when I was a teen.

It’s a light easy read that radiates comfort. The witchcraft in the book is charming and friendly. I just wish this were longer. I feel like there could have been more to explore about the characters. It's worth the read and one I would look at again.

The idea of the book was particularly good, but the execution was a letdown. It started well with a good sense of mystery and creepy vibes. From there the constant altering of writing style was irritating. The screenplay setup is slow to get through and makes it hard to get into the story. Even without this, there is no character depth, and the story has been stretched out too far.

The plot description sounded like this could be a bit of a psychological thriller. I can see that that was what the author was going for, but that is far from what we got. The “movie” part is a pretentious art-house horror project done by kids. This often makes the characters unlikeable. Because of this, the drive of mystery is lost the farther you go into the story as you simply seem to care less about what happens.

The ending was anti-climatic after such a long setup. It mentions that each of the kids who worked on the horror movie all died. I thought it would be related to making the film, but they died quite ordinarily years after the filming. For such a promising idea I was disappointed after finishing this.