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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
Even though I consume an obscene amount of the horror genre, I don’t actually believe in the supernatural stuff. I’m the type of person that has to see it to believe it. Is it creepy? Yeah, I guess. But… if this is true, why’d y’all stay that long? Tf? I also completely forgot about Ed and Lorraine Warren so that was a shock to see in the epilogue lol!
I'm not typically much for horror, but the Amityvlle Horror drew me in. Since I had never seen the movie, I expected it to be gory and full of death. However, I was completely wrong. This story is more about the effects the possession of the house had on the family who lived there. The only problem I saw with the book was that it was rather anti-climactic. It seems like the "climax" of the book was the white hooded figure pointing at the family, but I would have liked to see.... more. I really appreciated the floor plans of the house being included in the story since they helped me visualize the house better. All in all, I enjoyed this story, though I felt that more paranormal activity could have been included.
I don't know what I was expecting when I went into this. I've been fascinated by the story for most of my life so I was quite chuffed when I got my hands on this.
The writing isn't the greatest, and certain sentences made me cringe. I didn't feel like the author made me feel sympathetic towards the Lutzs, which is really what you want. You want to be like, "damn, I'd hate to be in their shoes," when all it really gave me was, "aw, that sucks". I'd actually also hoped for more mention of the Warrens, but it looks like I'll have to focus on their actual books for that.
All in all, it's a decent book. It's good to have finally read the first book that started it all, if that makes sense. I'm not sure where it's left me with whether I believe in the haunting or not; I went into the book 100% convinced it was true, but the book actually gave me some doubts, strangely. It's a great read for anyone interested in the case or someone new to it, at least.
The writing isn't the greatest, and certain sentences made me cringe. I didn't feel like the author made me feel sympathetic towards the Lutzs, which is really what you want. You want to be like, "damn, I'd hate to be in their shoes," when all it really gave me was, "aw, that sucks". I'd actually also hoped for more mention of the Warrens, but it looks like I'll have to focus on their actual books for that.
All in all, it's a decent book. It's good to have finally read the first book that started it all, if that makes sense. I'm not sure where it's left me with whether I believe in the haunting or not; I went into the book 100% convinced it was true, but the book actually gave me some doubts, strangely. It's a great read for anyone interested in the case or someone new to it, at least.
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
When they said “we had sex every single night since the day we met before living in this house” .... I knew this had to be a work of fiction.
Real or not this scared me!!!! Which I guess was the point. I will now be reading about and looking up google map photos of this house.
Real or not this scared me!!!! Which I guess was the point. I will now be reading about and looking up google map photos of this house.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Quick and easy to read. Characters get frustrating
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement
Occult, possession, demons.
I’m too skeptical a person to really buy in that this actually happened but it’s quite a spooky story regardless!
The ‘round the campfire’ style story telling format worked well for audiobook, but ultimately this was a lacklustre listen. I wanted more info on history of house and a more in depth storyline on the priest, what we actually got with him felt pointless.
Despite everything that happened the book felt uneventful because it was so repetitive.
Also, it’s defo not non-fiction.
Despite everything that happened the book felt uneventful because it was so repetitive.
Also, it’s defo not non-fiction.