Benighted
Format: paperback
Publish date: 1964
Publisher: Corgi Books
Edition language: English
A group of strangers have to seek shelter from a storm in an old, creepy house in the Welsh mountainside. If this sounds old-school to you, it definitely is. This was nostalgic in the best of ways. This booked reminded me of old black and white horror movies and I was just waiting for Boris Karlof...
Creepy and atmospheric, but the mood keeps getting broken by interior and exterior delving into personal thoughts and matters. That just seemed to go on forever. The horse is dead people.
Of all things, I'm reminded of [b:Of Human Bondage|31548|Of Human Bondage|W. Somerset Maugham|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347260157s/31548.jpg|2547187]; there's a certain compelling unhappiness to Penderel and the Wavertons, a mannerly sorrow. It felt like watching classic horror/suspense, but th...
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