A review by chooper454
The Sundial, by Shirley Jackson

1.0

After loving ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’, I ran out and got all of her other books at once. ‘Road Through the Wall’ was one of the worst books I’ve ever read. It should have been foreshadowing for ‘The Sundial.’ This is absolutely horrible. I’m so angry I wasted precious hours of my life on this. Jackson wrote her older books in a way that is impossible to tell what the hell is going on. There are WAY too many characters, and some of them are referred to by different names throughout. We never get a clear explanation of who exactly these people are to each other. Jackson’s dialogue is absolute TORTURE to get through. It’s just utter nonsense. The premise of the story sounded really good, but as seems to be typical of Jackson, the execution fell short. Very, very short. I have no idea how this got published. Don’t waste your time.