Read aBannedBook
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Any spooky (or scary) books you wish you hadn't read? I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and it was just okay. The ending was weird and wasn't what I would call literary genius.
06:43 PM - Oct 14, 2023 (Edited)
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Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie
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In response to Read aBannedBook.
"The Turn of the Screw" was . . . weird. Just weird.

I love horror novels, but I wish I'd never read "Pet Sematary." Even "IT" was tame by comparison. I can recall the final lines, and after 37 years the back of my neck *still* wants to shudder off the bone.
07:09 PM - Oct 14, 2023
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Margaret Layne
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Despite the potboiler title I think it's one of SK's best, a surprisingly insightful novel that's really about grief. I find he's often writing about something more than just things that go bump in the night, & Pet Semetary is one of those, as The Shining is really a novel about alcoholism.
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12:41 AM - Oct 15, 2023
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Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie
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In response to Margaret Layne.
That book was full of emotional wounds & violence, all revolving around a parent's worst nightmare. I think the dream scene, where Louis makes the grab that would have kept his family whole, is the most heartbreaking part of it, next to the funeral.
01:12 AM - Oct 15, 2023
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Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie
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In response to Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie.
And of course, because it's still SK, evil taints even the most understandable, the most loving of intentions.
01:14 AM - Oct 15, 2023
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Margaret Layne
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In response to Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie.
Omg the pivot from the lyrical joy of the kite-flying scene to that nightmare race down the lawn, each enhancing the impact of the other - masterful stuff. It still haunts me and I read the book years ago. He's a much better writer qua writer than a lot of people give him credit for.
03:24 AM - Oct 15, 2023
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