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The Turn of the Screw
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bookshelves: classics-i-ve-read, disappointing, never-again, gothic, horror
Sep 14, 2020
bookshelves: classics-i-ve-read, disappointing, never-again, gothic, horror
This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. The only thing in its favor is its brevity. It’s opaque to the point of nonsensical, and so overly melodramatic that every single character was wholly unbelievable and unsympathetic. And don’t even get me started on that ending. I’d have been insanely pissed had I actually cared. If someone held a gun to my head and forced me to reread either this or Wuthering Heights, I wouldn’t even hesitate to pick Wuthering Heights despite its far greater page count. I still hate Joyce’s Ulysses more, but I’m not sure any book on the planet can usurp that one.
A spooky buddy read with my book twin, the lovely TS!
A spooky buddy read with my book twin, the lovely TS!
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Reading Progress
September 14, 2020
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Started Reading
September 14, 2020
– Shelved
September 22, 2020
– Shelved as:
classics-i-ve-read
September 22, 2020
– Shelved as:
disappointing
September 22, 2020
– Shelved as:
never-again
September 22, 2020
– Shelved as:
gothic
September 22, 2020
– Shelved as:
horror
September 22, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Sep 22, 2020 05:28PM
😂😂😂😂😂 Oh Celeste!!.noooooooooo. I still have to read this one. I love classics. Usually. Dorian Gray is one of my all time favorites! Sorry this one sucked so bad for you.
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I usually love classics, too! And Dorian is one of my favorites, as well. And Frankenstein. And Jane Eyre. I've read a lot that I love. This is was so far removed from any of those. Run away. 😂
😂😂😂 maybe I'll just put it last in the list.
The best kind of review: utterly scathing!
Brutal honesty is the best policy, or so I've heard. 😂😘
