This book is so cute and so full of wonderment and information, that as a parent I want to share it with my children, and as someone's child wished my mom would give me advice just like this 20 or so years ago. This book has something in it for everyone, and everyone should take a gander at what it has to offer.
I really really enjoyed this book.. It's scary and creepy...and the spiders. ugh. I give the 4⭐ rating for two reasons... 1) it reminded me way too much of some of King's work, and 2) it wasn't what I expected albiet still a very thorough, well-written, and creepy as feck story... So wish I hadn't read the epilogue...
Creepy. This short story about a woman's slow descent into insanity is captivating. I couldn't tear myself away, had half expected her to commit suicide...
The wallpaper itself was more a metaphor for feeling caged...but the slow study of it throughout story gets so engrained in this woman's day to day and her descent is so slow you feel tourself slipping away with her.. Spine tingling doesn't cover it...it caresses your spine with constant chills..
This book has earned a solid 3 star rating. It's fast paced, adventurous, and completely unbelievable. For the first half of the book I actually dislike Lo Blacklock A LOT...she was annoying - didn't come across as a believable journalist even after that so called burglarly that inexplicably drove her for the remainder of the book...to me she was damn flake and annoying. I was more concerned with the disapearance of the woman in cabin 10 than with the woman who was suffering from anxiety and ptsd.. Those last 100 pages or so.. when everything started coming together.. those were worth it... no matter how convoluted this story got, no matter how ridiculous this story was as it unraveled...those pages made the read worth it.