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May. 2nd, 2008 05:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sulwen1 - The Mirador by Sarah Monette 5/5
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
I really enjoyed this novel for the most part. The first half, where nothing is really happening, was much better and definitely scarier than the second. Jackson has a real talent for atmosphere, and I was totally freaked out by the buildup of this novel. I swear I saw something move out of the corner of my eye when I was reading it last night. The book is very literary, reminding me of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and other psychological horror stories. I deduct one point for being a little too...it's hard to express...a little too sudden and unexplained in the second half. Madness overtakes the main character awfully quickly, and though one could propose various theories for why this happens, I don't feel any of them would be well-supported enough to satisfy me. Still, a surprisingly good read.
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
I really enjoyed this novel for the most part. The first half, where nothing is really happening, was much better and definitely scarier than the second. Jackson has a real talent for atmosphere, and I was totally freaked out by the buildup of this novel. I swear I saw something move out of the corner of my eye when I was reading it last night. The book is very literary, reminding me of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and other psychological horror stories. I deduct one point for being a little too...it's hard to express...a little too sudden and unexplained in the second half. Madness overtakes the main character awfully quickly, and though one could propose various theories for why this happens, I don't feel any of them would be well-supported enough to satisfy me. Still, a surprisingly good read.
