katiescho741 's review for:

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
DID NOT FINISH: 48%

This is just one of those books you have to actually believe in order for it to be good. 
I don’t believe in ghosts at all, but I have this a go as a curiosity and because I’d heard it was a creepy tale regardless. It’s not. Even as hauntings framed as non-fiction it was just dumb - the crucifix fell upside down! There were cloven hoof prints in the snow! The toilet bowls went black! A creepy face appeared in the fire! yea right. 
I gave it a good go but it just doesn’t work unless you really believe that what the family said actually happened.