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tjsee's review
The writing was so dense and as much as I love Bly Manor, I wasn't enjoying myself and reading it felt like a chore.
ilianaelizabeth's review against another edition
5.0
Para empezar tengo que decir que todavía me tiene atónita haberme encontrado con el libro que inspiró la serie La Maldición De Bly Manor. Elegí este libro porque conocía el título como un clásico pero no tenía idea de qué trataba.
La cosa es que reconocí los nombres y la mayoría de los eventos, peeeero, no es igual a la serie, de hecho creo que es mejor porque desde donde lo veo se centra mucho más en la psiquis de los chicos, dándole ese tinte de thriller que tanto me atrapó. Me gusta mucho la forma de narrar los hechos y las caracterizaciones de los personajes, con qué poco se diferencian unos de otros, aunque muchas veces se los nombre antes de que uno se dirija al otro, algo típico de la literatura de esa época. Otro detalle que me encantó fue ese juego narrativo donde no sabes si la institutriz es la heroína o tiene la mente tan perturbada como los otros personajes. Me confié pensando que iba a ser igual a la serie porque en mi ignorancia no sabía que había sido representada tantas veces y de tantas maneras esta obra, y entendí que no es tan fiel al libro, y que tal vez si lo hubiera sido, hubiera llegado a ser incluso mucho mejor.
Desde donde lo veo la historia no tiene fallas, se lee súper rápido y tiene todo lo necesario para entretener. Me encantó la forma de mantener al lector en vilo con la misma intensidad a lo largo de toda la historia. No le faltó nada y tampoco le sobró.
Súper recomendado y seguro lo voy a releer, como hago con muy pocos libros, pero creo que puedo disfrutarlo incluso más en una futura relectura.
La cosa es que reconocí los nombres y la mayoría de los eventos, peeeero, no es igual a la serie, de hecho creo que es mejor porque desde donde lo veo se centra mucho más en la psiquis de los chicos, dándole ese tinte de thriller que tanto me atrapó. Me gusta mucho la forma de narrar los hechos y las caracterizaciones de los personajes, con qué poco se diferencian unos de otros, aunque muchas veces se los nombre antes de que uno se dirija al otro, algo típico de la literatura de esa época. Otro detalle que me encantó fue ese juego narrativo donde no sabes si la institutriz es la heroína o tiene la mente tan perturbada como los otros personajes. Me confié pensando que iba a ser igual a la serie porque en mi ignorancia no sabía que había sido representada tantas veces y de tantas maneras esta obra, y entendí que no es tan fiel al libro, y que tal vez si lo hubiera sido, hubiera llegado a ser incluso mucho mejor.
Desde donde lo veo la historia no tiene fallas, se lee súper rápido y tiene todo lo necesario para entretener. Me encantó la forma de mantener al lector en vilo con la misma intensidad a lo largo de toda la historia. No le faltó nada y tampoco le sobró.
Súper recomendado y seguro lo voy a releer, como hago con muy pocos libros, pero creo que puedo disfrutarlo incluso más en una futura relectura.
elizabethfisher's review
3.0
This was not super scary, which is probably in part due to the fact that it is 120 years old so the language is a bit harder to get lost in. I watched about 30 minutes of The Haunting of Bly Manor (which is loosely based on this story) and I can say that it is without a doubt much scarier--which is why I only watched 30 minutes of the series.
sklus's review
4.0
I think the best part of this book is the ending, which is not a slight. The whole book was an interesting read. But the ending was the most climactic part of the book, I only wish it continued on from there. I read this book in anticipation of the second season of The Haunting of Hill House and I can see all the ways they can make this story 100 times more creepy and horrifying. Which ultimately leads to my largest criticism of the book, it was not that frightening. There are two main ghosts in the book and they just don’t... do a whole lot. Like they stand there and look menacing; but all the “horrible” things they do are imagine by the narrator who wildly conjectures about their evils and influences on her charges throughout the book. Perhaps, this is another is she crazy or is she not situation, but everyone around her seems to believe her baseless theories which makes it appear as though her statement are just fact. For all the negative commentary, I did enjoy this book. It was entertaining and it kept my mind busy as I crocheted. It just didn’t meet my expectations, both as a story and the focus of the second season of my favorite show.
outoftheblue14's review
5.0
I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong. After rising, in town, to meet his appeal, I had at all events a couple of very bad days--found myself doubtful again, felt indeed sure I had made a mistake. In this state of mind I spent the long hours of bumping, swinging coach that carried me to the stopping place at which I was to be met by a vehicle from the house.
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James deals with a nightmarish experience narrated by a young governess in the first person. This lady is in charge of two children, Miles and Flora, during their uncle's absence. One day she sees two ghosts, Peter Quint's, the employer's dead valet, and Miss Jessel's, her predecessor, who was intimate with Quint. Eventually the governess becomed persuaded that the children also see the ghosts and that they are corrupted by them.
The Turn of the Screw derives from the Gothic tradiction for its unreal, mysterious athmosphere and its horrifying, macabre events. As a matter of fact, I picked up this book for Becky's edition of the Bookworms Carnival, which has the theme of the Literary Gothic. James, however, goes beyond the genre: the terror he arouses is more subtle than the ususal clankign and shrieking of the Gothic tradition, and his characters and plot create a dark, sinister world, more frightening for its being intangible and indescribable. James's apparitions are more plausible than the ones of Gothic novels: they do nto assume more concretenss than a hallucination but the living share their irreality as if the ghosts and those who see them were linked by an affinity.
The central theme in The Turn of the Screw is the contrast between innocence and experience, seen as the corruption of innocence and childhood. The adults are overpowering and frightening and the children have to protect themselves from danger. The danger for Flora and Miles comes from two sources: from the two ghosts, with their suspected depravity, but also from the governess, who is convinced that the children are sinful and, while trying to save them, causes their distruction.
So what do you think? Are the ghosts real, or do they appear only in the governess's mind?
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James deals with a nightmarish experience narrated by a young governess in the first person. This lady is in charge of two children, Miles and Flora, during their uncle's absence. One day she sees two ghosts, Peter Quint's, the employer's dead valet, and Miss Jessel's, her predecessor, who was intimate with Quint. Eventually the governess becomed persuaded that the children also see the ghosts and that they are corrupted by them.
The Turn of the Screw derives from the Gothic tradiction for its unreal, mysterious athmosphere and its horrifying, macabre events. As a matter of fact, I picked up this book for Becky's edition of the Bookworms Carnival, which has the theme of the Literary Gothic. James, however, goes beyond the genre: the terror he arouses is more subtle than the ususal clankign and shrieking of the Gothic tradition, and his characters and plot create a dark, sinister world, more frightening for its being intangible and indescribable. James's apparitions are more plausible than the ones of Gothic novels: they do nto assume more concretenss than a hallucination but the living share their irreality as if the ghosts and those who see them were linked by an affinity.
The central theme in The Turn of the Screw is the contrast between innocence and experience, seen as the corruption of innocence and childhood. The adults are overpowering and frightening and the children have to protect themselves from danger. The danger for Flora and Miles comes from two sources: from the two ghosts, with their suspected depravity, but also from the governess, who is convinced that the children are sinful and, while trying to save them, causes their distruction.
So what do you think? Are the ghosts real, or do they appear only in the governess's mind?
rachelsweeney's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
tarabarschina's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
raistlynnrose9's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0