by Ellen Rimbauer, Joyce Reardon
About the only thing positive I can say about this book is that the premise is interesting. Of course, the idea of a house that is [spoiler] itself an evil entity isn’t original, but the notion that the house’s owners are also its servants who feed it until they are themselves absorbed is pretty fun...
This book is basically an added background on the miniseries Rose Red, which was written by Stephen King. The miniseries was okay, and in all honesty, the book is about average. While this book is rumored to have been written by King, I seriously doubt that speculation. It's not just because I'm a...
I loved Rose Red the movie and unfortunately, hated The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer the movie. I had hoped the book would be better. It wasn't.The whole point of The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer was Ellen being obsessed with John, even when everyone told her he was bad for her. She didn't care. So she ma...
I rediscovered this shelving books for work!I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this when I was younger. I know I repeatedly checked it out from the library. SO creepy and I'm not normally a fan of creepy books.
I love a good haunted house story and I liked the way the book was written like a personal diary. It did have me turning the pages anxiously to see what was going to happen next. But to be honest I found the ending a bit of a let down...everybody just disappeared.
I skimmed through the first few pages because the prose was overwrought and extremely melodramatic. It reminded me of the sort of thing someone who has never read a romance might write thinking this is the way it's done. Purple prose, fluttering hands, and swooning galore. Blech. Okay, I'm revising ...
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