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Post by Annette Claus on Feb 24, 2012 12:23:38 GMT 9.5
I don't mind The Little Stranger, but I could see where you would lose sympathy for the characters! XD I wouldn't say that I have sympathy for them, but I don't particularly have anything against them. I will agree with you that it is not as good as Sarah Waters' other novels but I am still enjoying it! I still have a little less than half the book to go until the end because I stopped reading it for a bit to read something else, but I will see how it goes. I much prefer Sarah Waters' Victorian books!!
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Post by elspeththequeen on May 5, 2012 15:12:02 GMT 9.5
Ooh, I'll have to check those out. Right now I'm reading this book I just found at the bookstore, after a particularly desperate attempt to find something new to read called Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. It's a young adult horror/thriller about a young boy who finds an abandoned home in Wales that he discovers may have been for psychopathic children. And in school we just finished reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
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Post by Annette Claus on May 7, 2012 0:58:46 GMT 9.5
I have never heard of the Ransom Riggs book, but I hope you enjoy it! It sounds interesting and spooky!! I'm still trying to finish the Little Stranger, its not that its bad but I keep trying to read it before bed but it freaks me out too much to sleep after so I usually only read a page and then have to pick up something else. Its not even that scary, I just have a mind that goes into overdrive at night. I had to read Lord of the Flies in school too! XD What did you think? I found it a bit hard to get through at times.
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Post by elspeththequeen on May 7, 2012 2:34:20 GMT 9.5
So far it's really interesting and spooky, and there are even these really cool and eerily creepy vintage pictures every so often of the children in this 'home', like a little girl in a crown levitating, a picture of a suit with a body minus the head, these two little boys wearing creepy clown costumes, etc. Some are really hard to explain, more something you have to see.
I personally loved Lord of the Flies, though I will admit that it was sometimes hard to read. I will admit the chapter where they beat Simon to death chanting about the beast kind of freaked me out a little bit (and I was the one reading aloud). But I liked the symbolism a lot, and how it reminded me of The Hunger Games
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Post by Annette Claus on May 7, 2012 3:58:18 GMT 9.5
That sounds cool. It sounds like a great read, something unique that makes you think. The pictures of the children sound creepy! For some reason children make everything scarier in horror novels and films. I agree with you when you compare Lord of the Flies to The Hunger Games, we actually had a discussion about that in my class! It was interesting! And absolutely, the LotF has soo much symbolism! I should know I spent a month tearing it apart! XD It is good that you enjoyed it!
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Post by elspeththequeen on May 14, 2012 7:39:15 GMT 9.5
They are!! And apparently they're actual pictures people found. . .
We had a similar conversation in our English class too! It was mainly because our school wouldn't let us watch the newer version of the movie and we were upset about it.
I love it's connections with Adam and Eve! I've always loved that story.
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