Night Film by Marisha Pessl (review by Mrs. Vaughan, Harker librarian)
Night Film by Marisha PesslMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Down on his luck journalist Scott McGrath teams up with perky coat-check girl Nora and spoiled, strung-out and fiercely handsome Hopper to investigate...
View ArticleThe October Country by Ray Bradbury (review by Lauren L. ’17)
The October Country by Ray BradburyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The October Country is a collection of short stories in which Bradbury explores the consequences of reality as we know it brushing against a...
View ArticleThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (review by Andrew R. ’17)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars No one who’s read Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is likely to forget it anytime soon: even sixty-five years after its...
View ArticleWe Have Always Lived Here by Shirley Jackson (review by Andrew R. ’17)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars There’s a malicious presence in the Blackwood estate, the imposing structure on the outskirts of town inhabited by the only...
View ArticleDevolution by Max Brooks (review by Mrs. Vaughan)
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks My rating: 4 of 5 stars A small group of Seattleites populate a new community on the slopes of Mt. Rainier, enjoying both...
View ArticleThe Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher (Review by Hita T. ’23)
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher My rating: 4 of 5 stars Melissa, known to close family and friends as Mouse, only had one job: clean her late grandmother’s house in North Carolina. Her grandmother...
View ArticleThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (5 Star Review by Ananya B. ’23)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel featuring main characters Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton, and of course, Dorian...
View ArticleCreep by Eireann Corrigan (Review by Varun F. ’24)
Creep by Eireann Corrigan My rating: 2 of 5 stars Eireann Corrigan’s Creep is a horror novel revolving around the haunted 16 Olcott Place, and its written in a first person point of view from a...
View ArticleTender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (Review by James B. ’24)
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica My rating: 4 of 5 stars Before reading this review or the novel itself, I caution you because it is classified as psychological horror and contains many...
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