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mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
Some books should not be read. Even if they contain super awesome spooky tales!
A girl finds a book in her grandma’s attic and decides to ignore the warnings! Yep. Because that is what happens when you warn people. Then again, I would have done the same. Probably. Haha. Sorry, I just have a hard time resisting a good spooky tale!
In this book we meet Amelia, a girl who is NOT happy with things at this point. Her grandma disappeared a year ago and it is now time to empty her house and go on with life. But she doesn’t want that and I could very well understand. Not to mention there is a small annoying brother who keeps pestering her, and I was all on her side. When she finds a book of tales in the attic she gets curious! But she also decides to do the good thing and check if the book is missing from the library. When she finds out it is not she decides to read it. I was cheering for her there, haha, I know she should help out her moms and that she should go back, but heck, I would have done the same given everything.
The stories are spooky and get more and more scary as the book continues. Not just that.. things are leaking into the real world as well. Those bells from the grandma in the attic story? Amelia can hear them! That car that was featured in the story about the boy who disappeared 3 days? It is outside the library. I really enjoyed reading the stories and see what happens in there. From babysitting with someone in the attic to tarot cards getting a bit too real. There is a story for everyone and boy they were at times quite scary. They didn’t entirely keep me up all night, but there were a few that will sit with me for a while.
I loved seeing more and more the connection between the stories and then the main story. The names. When we first meet Baby Witch and what she tells the MC in that story along with us the reader. Certain themes that kept coming back. Some were obvious, others made me gasp. I also liked seeing the MC stitch everything together and figure things out. What happened to her grandma/grandpa. What happened in the past. If the stories are true/really happened. And what will happen next!
The ending was fab and while I still have some questions I am happy with how it ended.
But while I absolutely loved the stories and how it all was connected.. I also found it to be too much? I mean, I get it, those families hurt your family. Your history is turned to nothing. I get that you are vengeful. That apparently you all turned into real witches or whatever they really were. But seriously? It’s been ages. Maybe instead of hurt and murder and vengefulness you could just let people know about your family in another way? Like that first story, at least the first part, just let people know about the unjust that happened to you and let people know not to buy into rumours and silly stories.
All in all, I flew through this book, it was just SO good! I definitely would recommend it and I will be getting the next book in the series as soon as I can!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
A girl finds a book in her grandma’s attic and decides to ignore the warnings! Yep. Because that is what happens when you warn people. Then again, I would have done the same. Probably. Haha. Sorry, I just have a hard time resisting a good spooky tale!
In this book we meet Amelia, a girl who is NOT happy with things at this point. Her grandma disappeared a year ago and it is now time to empty her house and go on with life. But she doesn’t want that and I could very well understand. Not to mention there is a small annoying brother who keeps pestering her, and I was all on her side. When she finds a book of tales in the attic she gets curious! But she also decides to do the good thing and check if the book is missing from the library. When she finds out it is not she decides to read it. I was cheering for her there, haha, I know she should help out her moms and that she should go back, but heck, I would have done the same given everything.
The stories are spooky and get more and more scary as the book continues. Not just that.. things are leaking into the real world as well. Those bells from the grandma in the attic story? Amelia can hear them! That car that was featured in the story about the boy who disappeared 3 days? It is outside the library. I really enjoyed reading the stories and see what happens in there. From babysitting with someone in the attic to tarot cards getting a bit too real. There is a story for everyone and boy they were at times quite scary. They didn’t entirely keep me up all night, but there were a few that will sit with me for a while.
I loved seeing more and more the connection between the stories and then the main story. The names. When we first meet Baby Witch and what she tells the MC in that story along with us the reader. Certain themes that kept coming back. Some were obvious, others made me gasp. I also liked seeing the MC stitch everything together and figure things out. What happened to her grandma/grandpa. What happened in the past. If the stories are true/really happened. And what will happen next!
The ending was fab and while I still have some questions I am happy with how it ended.
But while I absolutely loved the stories and how it all was connected.. I also found it to be too much? I mean, I get it, those families hurt your family. Your history is turned to nothing. I get that you are vengeful. That apparently you all turned into real witches or whatever they really were. But seriously? It’s been ages. Maybe instead of hurt and murder and vengefulness you could just let people know about your family in another way? Like that first story, at least the first part, just let people know about the unjust that happened to you and let people know not to buy into rumours and silly stories.
All in all, I flew through this book, it was just SO good! I definitely would recommend it and I will be getting the next book in the series as soon as I can!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
malolauren's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic, spooky book. I felt like we were reading episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark.
christiana's review against another edition
3.0
This book is too scary for me to finish even during the day time which means I will recommend it to all the kids who are like "give me the scariest book here".
sonderits's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
mistylynnita's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.0
annalisenak97's review against another edition
3.0
Okay this was actually very spooky and I'm not sure what that says about me. I didn't love the writing style, particularly the description. For a book of scary stories they were pretty flat. But this story-within-a-story is very intriguing, and the central theme of breaking generational cycles is poignant.
thenextgenlibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This MG novel is perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!
ashleybee_reading's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
thenextgenlib's review against another edition
4.0
This MG novel is perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!
justgina93's review against another edition
3.0
It was a cute scary book for children which I thought it was going to be more scray and more ya but it was more preteen. I really liked the worm story though that was good.