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Laddar... Beneath the Stairsav Jennifer Fawcett
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  Sucharita1986 | Aug 8, 2023 |  **Thank you Goodreads & Atria Books for a free copy of this book** This book was a long, boring, tedious read. Claire returns to her hometown when her friend Abby, who she hasn't kept in touch with for years, is in a coma due to a suicide attempt at an old house they visited when they were teenagers with two of their other friends. The story draws out jumping back & forth between now and then, along with backstory on a family that lived there, & the family that built the house. A scary house with a freaky metal basement door and darkness. There were dead ends that didn't make since, missing persons, & finally at the end of the book when stuff was revealed Claire withheld information that might have solved some other mysteries. Not worth the read at all. (  ) LaneyLegz | Jul 29, 2023 | I was sucked in from the first page. An octagonal shaped house in the woods that may or may not be haunted? A young woman’s coming to terms with the trauma and guilt from her childhood? Are the secrets buried in the basement haunting her and ruining her life? I anxiously sped through pages to find the answers to these questions and unlock the mystery of the house and her past. Tense and kept me guessing, I enjoyed this. (  ) Andy5185 | Jul 9, 2023 | In the summer of 88 12 year old girls Claire, Abby and Lori decided to go into a haunted octagon house that was on Lori’s family land. Rumor has it a husband 30 years before went crazy and killed his wife and daughters in the house. Abby and Claire was pulled by the basement, which has a door that opens and closes it seems by itself. Told from 4 time periods revolving the situations of this house. The girls are reunited again and need to find the answers before anyone else gets hurt. The plot was interesting and I did enjoy it, however, I felt it could have used a some other twists and turns along the way. Read this if you enjoy a focused plot thriller. Thank you for my gifted copy. (  ) GeauxGetLit | May 27, 2023 | I'm a sucker for haunted house stories, so I was fond of the premise here. It's written in a gothic style that reminded me a lot of Jennifer McMahon. Fawcett's prose is elegant and textured, and that adds a lot to the overall reading experience. Overall, I didn't fall in love with this as much as I had hoped to. The final act in particular threw me for a loop and there were a lot of time jumps that pulled me out of the story. Even so, I'm excited to see what Fawcett writes next. She's an extremely talented writer with a bright future ahead. ( ) keithlaf | Feb 1, 2023 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"In this spine-tingling, atmospheric debut for fans of Jennifer McMahon, Simone St. James, and Chris Bohjalian, a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at a local haunted house-the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago. Few in sleepy Sumner's Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did. Twenty years later, an adult Clare receives word that Abby has attempted suicide at the Octagon House and now lies in a coma. With little to lose and still grieving after a personal tragedy, Clare returns to her roots to uncover the darkness responsible for Abby's accident. An eerie page-turner, Beneath the Stairs is about the trauma that follows us from childhood to adulthood and returning to the beginning to reach the end"-- Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (3.5)
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Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett is a chilling horror story which definitely going to give you goosebumps. Within the first few pages the author builds up the plot with a few characters, and I immediately delved into the book. There were short glimpses of the past in the story which really helped in understanding of the plot. Abby and Clare's character were totally different and exciting. There was something very unusual about these characters. All throughout the story you are going to feel that creepy vibe which makes the book so interesting. I would say that it is one of those horror books which you would not prefer to read at night. The author has done a commendable job.
Definitely, 5 stars for the book. Thanks to the author and edelweiss for providing me with an opportunity to read and review the book. (