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So much better than the film!

Revisado: 02-25-19

My new favourite Stephen King book! I watched the film, and I wasn't crazy about it. I was reluctant to get the book, but I'm so glad I did! the story is great, narration is spot on too!

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Too many love interests, not enough ghosts

Revisado: 08-20-18

Even worse than the first in the series. I get it, I get it, authors don't want the female lead to end up alone. Personally, I find it really boring when I'm trying to read a nice ghost story and the characters are constantly distracted by romance. Surely, one sidekick is more than enough! just get this woman one boyfriend already if you REALLY can't help yourself, and let her carry on finding ghosts and mysteries. And these male suitors are all so incredibly gorgeous and charming, with such lovely personalities, no wonder she spends the ENTIRE 2 books not being able to settle for one of them. I mean, with this track record, she must be curious to see who comes up in the third book in the series, surely it can be no less than some sort of God. Luckily, she has been very, very hurt by someone before, which she repeats ad nauseum to these bewitched, perfect male specimens, thus having an excuse for never making her mind up, while still keeping them around. Not that they have much choice anyway, since every other woman in town is, very conveniently, a nun.
Really not sure I'll be able to finish this one...

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one of A.C.'s best

Revisado: 10-06-16

Better than listening to an Agatha Christie mystery is listening to it narrated by Hugh Fraser or David Suchet. I wish ALL the collection was narrated by either of them. Hugh Fraser's voice is one of the most comforting things ever, maybe because I grew up with the Poirot TV series, where he plays Captain Hastings.

I know all of Agatha Christie's books, I remember most of the solutions, but I simply can't find other murder-mysteries so captivating and elegantly written. This is one of my favourites. I remembered who the murderer was, but I wanted to listen to it anyway. Loved it!

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so cozy

Revisado: 05-25-16

Nothing really happens in this book. there isn't one main story, but rather a sequence of small everyday stories. It's not a funny book, like the first in the series, but it just feels like a warm hug, or a cozy fire. I found it extremely relaxing and comforting. It was a pleasure to have this book for company while working.

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Great Gothic

Revisado: 05-18-16

I love gothic novels, but sometimes find them frustrating due to the overworked language. As an example, I will point out "the turn of the screw, where the author takes about 4 pages to simply say " she saw a ghost". though I understand that the idea is to build up suspense, it ends up having the opposite effect on me, and at some point I'm just furiously screaming at the book "I get it! there is a scary ghost! now move on with the story!"

The seance manages to capture the best of gothic without the excessive writing of the genre. Though I would classify it as a gothic novel, I must mention that when you get past the "paranormal" elements, what you actually have here is a good old-fashioned murder-mystery. The narrators all did a wonderful job, I enjoyed all of the interpretations thoroughly.

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not worth a credit

Revisado: 02-26-16

I love ghost stories and it's a shame to me how poorly written most of them are. It's like this was written by a 13 year old. Not only the writing is weak, the story isn't scary at all. couldn't finish it. the narrator doesn't help. I suppose it's a matter of preference, but she is just too nasal for my liking. waste of a credit.

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