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Title: Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House by Dorah L. Williams ISBN: 1-55002-378-0 Publisher: Dundurn Press, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Addictive! Couldn't put it down!
Comment: Being an avid reader of ghost stories (as well as having had first hand experience in the matter), I found this book to be very intruiging. It was like reading a book that someone wrote about what my family and I went through.
It is written in a first-person view (that being of the mother/wife), which I find refreshing. It keeps you interested in the story, as I found myself not wanting to put it down for even a minute. Mind you it isn't very long (only 189 pages compared to the many books I have read containing anywhere up to 400 pages), but it gets to the heart of the story without cluttering up, making it extremely easy to read.
It tells of a family that purchases an old Victorian home "on the fly" (how many of us do that!) and soon discover that they got more than they bargained for, and I'm not talking about just the usual fixer-upper.
I don't want to give too much of it away, but I do suggest that if you are a lover of a good ghost story, that you buy yourself a copy to find out what happens.
Rating: 5
Summary: I thought this book was great!
Comment: This book was so good I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the supernatural, or just wants to read a really great story. It takes place in an old Victorian house. A couple and their kids move into it, fix it up, and soon start having really amazing experiences. I don't want to give away too much in my review, but not only do they actually see, hear and feel the ghosts, they also have other amazing things happen. If you are a skeptic to begin with, this story may cause you to reconsider what you believe. If you already believe in the supernatural you will really enjoy this book.
I also live in an old house and have had some strange experiences so I know how confusing and scary it can be. The events in "Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House" were described so well there is no doubt in my mind that this really did happen, and I think it really is an "incredible true story".
Rating: 2
Summary: There's something fishy about this one
Comment: Unfortunately, I have to disagree with just about all of the reviewers here. I did not find this book to be at all convincing, and did in fact have to wonder at times if the whole story was concocted by a group of friends, perhaps, as a means of amusing themselves and publishing a book in the process.
While I enjoy a good ghost story, from the very beginning I couldn't help but think that there was something fishy about this. Trust me, I'm by no means a sceptic; but there's just something about the stories that seems too contrived. Part of the problem, however, may in fact be that the book is not that well written; it was at times quite simplistic, and the author's attempts to infer what the spirits wanted by doing what they did was downright lame at times.
You aren't missing much by not reading this book. For really good Canadian ghost stories, I would suggest Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton, a folklorist who collected the stories along with numerous others from people who had nothing to gain by telling their stories; hence they are much more credible.
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Title: The Ghost Next Door: True Stories of Paranormal Encounters from Everyday People by Mark Alan Morris ISBN: 0595269443 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Grave's End by Elaine Mercado, Hans Holzer ISBN: 0738700037 Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Echoes of a Haunting by Clara M. Miller ISBN: 0738808032 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.99 |
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Title: Ghosts by Ed Okonowicz ISBN: 1890690082 Publisher: Myst & Lace Pub Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: I Never Believed In Ghosts Until . . . by USA WEEKEND ISBN: 0809238403 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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