Comments on: Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:46:00 +0000

I’ve never liked her books before either, but I do very much enjoy the detail about the room full of dead birds.

By: Athira / Aths

Athira / Aths — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:39:00 +0000

I love Open Road Media too! I haven’t read too many of their books but loved the ones I did read. This one – not too sure about it yet but it does sound pretty fascinating. I will probably keep it in mind for when I am looking for a scary book to read.

By: Stefanie!SoManyBooks

Stefanie!SoManyBooks — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:06:00 +0000

Ooh, creepy but not scary? I ask because I get nightmares. So where would you say this falls on a continuum between Shirley Jackson and The Exorcist?

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:36:00 +0000

In reply to rhapsodyinbooks.

Hahahaha, it’s okay. It’s creepy in the way that, like, Brenna Yovanoff is creepy. When I say it gave me nightmares, it was like — haunted house nightmares. Scary in the moment, but not the kind that when I wake up from it, I can’t get back to sleep.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:35:00 +0000

In reply to jen mullen. Yay! Enjoy it!

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:34:00 +0000

In reply to Kim Aippersbach. No, no, no. Not at all! I meant that it's scary in a way that I enjoy, but since I am a wuss, intense scariness is not enjoyable for me. I like things at about the Shirley Jackson level of scariness: creepy details, but nothing that'll keep me up at nights.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:33:00 +0000

In reply to Tasha B. (heidenkind). I have never seen it! in general I am too much of a scaredy-cat for horror movies. I can just about do SOME horror books, as long as they aren't too intensely scary.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:33:00 +0000

In reply to Christy. Yeah, I've not read Mortal Love, but the others of her books I've tried have not been successes. This one wasn't perfect but I enjoyed it a LOT. It's right right right in my wheelhouse.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:31:00 +0000

In reply to helen from a gallimaufry. Exactly! Exactly that scale, I think! It's a smidge more explicit about some of the scary stuff, but it's very much the same kind of thing.

By: helen from a gallimaufry

helen from a gallimaufry — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:15:00 +0000

Oooh, I was a bit put off Elizabeth Hand by Mortal Love, I quite liked her writing but I felt she strayed onto the wrong side of the silly line just a bit too much for my taste, and that was sad because I really wanted to like the book, perhaps it was just the wrong moment. Now I am tempted. Although how nightmarish are the nightmares? I’ve just read my first Shirley Jackson, you know, and the nightmares after that are moderate. Will Wylding Hall nightmares be milder or stronger, on such a scale? 🙂