bumba1717's review against another edition
2.0
This was my GCSE book. Re-reading it 12 years later I'm still not sure if I like it. A good read, well written, but disturbing.
jessica_h's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars.
I found this rather dull at first. Felt next to nothing at all for the characters and didn’t feel all that compelled to read on and see where the story would go. It took me ages to read the first 100 or so pages for that reason. However, the suspense really started to build for me during the second half and I found myself pretty gripped, racing to finish it, despite suspecting I knew the ending, or at least had an inkling of it. I’d like to revisit this in the future and read it all in one go on a drizzly winter afternoon; in my humble opinion, the best way a novel like this should be consumed. For now though - a rather dark and twisted tale indeed!
I found this rather dull at first. Felt next to nothing at all for the characters and didn’t feel all that compelled to read on and see where the story would go. It took me ages to read the first 100 or so pages for that reason. However, the suspense really started to build for me during the second half and I found myself pretty gripped, racing to finish it, despite suspecting I knew the ending, or at least had an inkling of it. I’d like to revisit this in the future and read it all in one go on a drizzly winter afternoon; in my humble opinion, the best way a novel like this should be consumed. For now though - a rather dark and twisted tale indeed!
annikin's review against another edition
1.0
If you'd like to read about two stupid brats bickering for 200 hundred pages, this is your book. It was not creepy in the way that I hoped it would be, just annoying. The parents were two of the most idiotic characters I've had to read about in a while. Their sheer ignorance and blindness to Charles' condition made me want to shoot myself in the face.
samanthas_books's review against another edition
3.0
Actually 3.5 stars
I hate this book. It is not pleasant to read and reading these characters made me physically feel very angry. But, there is no denying that this book was written well and that Susan Hill is great at creating awful characters.
The reason I gave this book a generous rating, despite the fact that I hated it, was because it actually made me feel something and due to that I thought it deserved 3.5 stars.
I hate this book. It is not pleasant to read and reading these characters made me physically feel very angry. But, there is no denying that this book was written well and that Susan Hill is great at creating awful characters.
The reason I gave this book a generous rating, despite the fact that I hated it, was because it actually made me feel something and due to that I thought it deserved 3.5 stars.
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