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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
This book was SCARY. I had seen the movie and, of course, heard the store of Amityville in the past, but this book took a really personal tone to the events.
Decent story but now we know its total garbage and none of it actually happened.
2/5
I'm familiar with the Amityville house story, as are probably most of the people here so I'll be brief. A terrible murder happened in what may otherwise be considered a dream house in Amityville. Ronald DeFeo claimed that he heard voices urging him to kill his family, so he did. Now it’s 1974. A new family, the Lutz’s, has settled in that house and strange phenomena begin to occur. Strange apparitions, change in behaviours, etc. Until they decide to flee that house of horror after 28 days.
This is a romanized version of the events that allegedly took place at that house. Now, whether you choose to believe in the paranormal, in the existence of demonic beings outside of fiction or not is up to each one of us so my review is absolutely not based on credibility or whatever.
Let’s be honest though... I did not like this book. My first problem : the writing. In some chapters you get POV changes every three or four lines. Come ooooon
I'm familiar with the Amityville house story, as are probably most of the people here so I'll be brief. A terrible murder happened in what may otherwise be considered a dream house in Amityville. Ronald DeFeo claimed that he heard voices urging him to kill his family, so he did. Now it’s 1974. A new family, the Lutz’s, has settled in that house and strange phenomena begin to occur. Strange apparitions, change in behaviours, etc. Until they decide to flee that house of horror after 28 days.
This is a romanized version of the events that allegedly took place at that house. Now, whether you choose to believe in the paranormal, in the existence of demonic beings outside of fiction or not is up to each one of us so my review is absolutely not based on credibility or whatever.
Let’s be honest though... I did not like this book. My first problem : the writing. In some chapters you get POV changes every three or four lines. Come ooooon
dark
mysterious
tense
sure glad the movie didn’t include the literal child abuse
you can tell this was written by a lawyer, there is literally no description of anything. you really need that in a horror novel. This reads like a bulletpoint list
you can tell this was written by a lawyer, there is literally no description of anything. you really need that in a horror novel. This reads like a bulletpoint list
Why are demons obsessed with fart smells?
Seriously.
You have this supposedly immortal being, often said to be very smart, crafty, and powerful, and the best that they've come up with is "let's make the humans smell farts, oooo let's make them have loose poops."
I get that its the taboo of bodily fluids, blah blah blah, but it really boils down to a lot of demon fecal fetishes.
And this was about all I could think of while reading this book.
Seriously.
You have this supposedly immortal being, often said to be very smart, crafty, and powerful, and the best that they've come up with is "let's make the humans smell farts, oooo let's make them have loose poops."
I get that its the taboo of bodily fluids, blah blah blah, but it really boils down to a lot of demon fecal fetishes.
And this was about all I could think of while reading this book.
Fiction or nonfiction, I enjoyed this horror read. It doesn’t bother me at all that it’s been debunked. The original film is pretty spot on to the book with a few creative differences.
I found a beat up copy of this book in a pile of ancient books my mom found during her pandemic cleaning adventures. She was getting ready to donate the whole bunch, so I rescued a couple that seemed interesting. I’d heard good things about The Amityville Horror and am always on the lookout for a book that might scare me, so I pulled this one out as part of the rescue.
In terms of scary, I have to give this book a pretty solid “meh.” It reminded me a lot of other “meh” books from the same era of horror stories. Change a few names and I could have been reading The Exorcist or The Omen. I’ve found that the movie versions of these books are generally much more entertaining and spooky, but for some reason I just can’t with the paperbacks.
If you like the 1970′s camp horror style, this may be right up your alley. If not, I’d probably suggest moving along to something else.
In terms of scary, I have to give this book a pretty solid “meh.” It reminded me a lot of other “meh” books from the same era of horror stories. Change a few names and I could have been reading The Exorcist or The Omen. I’ve found that the movie versions of these books are generally much more entertaining and spooky, but for some reason I just can’t with the paperbacks.
If you like the 1970′s camp horror style, this may be right up your alley. If not, I’d probably suggest moving along to something else.
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