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Liked It3 of 3 members found this review helpful “"My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had....” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Crafted in the style that only Hill can achieve, this beautiful first person narrative is a mystery to the end. ”
Sarah B wrote this review Saturday, November 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Merricat, the witchy and disturbed narrator of this fantastic and haunting tale of a family destroyed by arsenic poisoning, captures your attention immediately and brings you into her bizarre world of ritual and imagination in this wonderfully written tale of classic New England Gothic.”
Parkles wrote this review Monday, November 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not bad, a lot of missing points in the plot.”
Lautreamont wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Shirley Jackson's writing is what would happen (and maybe DID) if a JC Penney catalog from '62 mated with a Wonderbread ad montage? She can make a simple cigarette stubbing a deconstruction, and I adore how the characters' mundane rituals/preparations are tense and revealing.
Mrs. C wrote this review Sunday, October 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
But, then sometimes I skim them because I get bored. Depends on the day.
In any case, this set of short stories is perfect for silent reading in primetime or class.”
“The surviving members of the Blackwood family are queer and unbalanced -- and one of them just might be a murderer -- but one can't help sympathizing with them when bold Cousin Charles invades their quiet sanctuary. Merricat is one of the most fascinating and twisted characters I've ever encountered, but Cousin Charles filled me with absolute dread.”
Sonia G wrote this review Tuesday, November 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of the best novels I have ever read in any genre.”
Eileen M wrote this review Sunday, July 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a spooky little book full of rich imagery. A black cat, a spider trekking over an arsenic-laced sugar bowl, a pale girl who never wanders past her garden and her senile uncle sitting in his wheel chair taking notes and reciting on the last morning before the deaths of his family. This is the rare book which is both intense and effervescent--it washes over the reader in one moment with beautiful passages and appalls the reader in the next.”
michelle wrote this review Thursday, July 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I think part of the reason I ended up liking this book so much was because I knew nothing about it--not even the title--for I had a blank black copy. Thus, as I read it without any pre-opinions or conceptions, all my mind could do was focus on Jackson's creepy portrayal of the sisters tragedy and twisted turmoil. The strangeness and the mystery of the plot had me hooked and I finished it in one sitting. ”
Ardrey Hazel wrote this review Tuesday, July 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Haunting and twisted. Brilliant story. ”
Amanda E wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I liked it, didn't love it because it was sad. I thought it was interesting and well written.”
Emily Goldenberg wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
