Reviews - The Amityville Horror

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I did read this book as a non-fiction, I don't believe in the paranormal so I went into this believing it was a fictional story.

The book itself is written in a boring monotone sort of way. The author basically would speak like this:
"then this happened and this happened, and he went here while she did this and then this happened"
It was dull. I think it might have been written like this to make it more "legitimate" more like non-fiction, but it just caused me to lose interest.

I think the parents are awful people who harmed their children and I think the story wasn't very imaginative (maybe for the time it was but it doesn't age well if that was the case).

thebookishkimmy's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

thesiegfried's review against another edition

2.0

It's not that long.
And even if you know that the book is a lie (kinda well told too), I always get the suspicion of "it was really ALL a lie?"
Some parts of the book looks a lot real and possible.
But overall, a one-time-reading book.