A mind-bending supernatural thriller from the creators of "This Present Darkness" and "Showdown."
Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker - two of the m... read full description
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Mar 26, 2008
Cies
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Embarking on a new book regime is a little like jumping into the deep end of the pool; you’re never quite sure if you’re gonna sink or swim. I guess that’s how I feel about Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker’s religious fiction novel House is a definitely the unworn path that I do not usual take.
I liked the horror of this novel. It involved an ominous evil force within a house in the middle of nowhere. There are main elements of this book that I didn’t like, but the one thing that I really a More...
I liked the horror of this novel. It involved an ominous evil force within a house in the middle of nowhere. There are main elements of this book that I didn’t like, but the one thing that I really a More...
Feb 18, 2010
Phil
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I picked this book up from the library, thumbed through a few pages, and decided to preview it by reading the first chapter. I had other books I thought I should get through first, before I could start another. So I previewed it.
Fifteen chapters later, I had to put the book down because it was getting late.
House is an amazing thriller about survival through not just this world, but the next. It's really one of the few books that actually had my mind running.
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Fifteen chapters later, I had to put the book down because it was getting late.
House is an amazing thriller about survival through not just this world, but the next. It's really one of the few books that actually had my mind running.
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Oct 14, 2007
Miss_otis
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Lame. Lame, lame, lame, lame, and did I mention, so very lame?
After having car trouble (read: “run over a bunch of nails planted in the road”), an estranged couple find themselves in a B&B type establishment in the middle of nowhere, where they, and a second couple, are promptly creeped out by the backwoods owners and informed of the fact that Scary Killer will be coming after them, cause they’re basically sacrifices.
I didn’t find it at all suspenseful, the writing was n More...
After having car trouble (read: “run over a bunch of nails planted in the road”), an estranged couple find themselves in a B&B type establishment in the middle of nowhere, where they, and a second couple, are promptly creeped out by the backwoods owners and informed of the fact that Scary Killer will be coming after them, cause they’re basically sacrifices.
I didn’t find it at all suspenseful, the writing was n More...
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Dec 17, 2009
plot summary: what happens, when & where, central characters, major conflicts[return]"jack and his wife stephanie are on their way to a counseling session for their troubled marriage when a series of detours end up leaving them stranded in the backwoods. the only option they have for shelter is an old plantation style house which seems to be an inn of sorts. there they find another couple who has also been stranded there for the night and betty, stewart, and pete--""inbreds"
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Mar 17, 2008
Alyssa
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this book was really cool, my friend said that it would scare my but it didn't and she was like
"psh! thats just cuz you don't read that much!"
she's probably right.
it was a good book, i didn't really know what to expect but it was good.
but since there were so many people in the book there wasn't as much info about the main characters' feelings. thats the only thing i didn't like.
"psh! thats just cuz you don't read that much!"
she's probably right.
it was a good book, i didn't really know what to expect but it was good.
but since there were so many people in the book there wasn't as much info about the main characters' feelings. thats the only thing i didn't like.
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Oct 06, 2011
Hannah
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This book deserves five stars because it has a great mixture of suspense and mystery. There is even a little romance! It will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you didn't understand the book then you didn't pay attention while reading it. Ted Dekker is a wonderful author who gives his books Christian themes and backgrounds without making it super religious. Not that anything is wrong with a very religious book. The theme of this book is light defeats darkness. The light being Jesus and the d
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Apr 21, 2008
Zachary
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I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I picked up this book. I knew it should be good, because both of these authors have established themselves as excellent writes, specifically for Christian audiences. Though I could tell by the development of the storyline and plot that this book was specifically aimed at both Christian and non-Christian audiences, it still had much of the feel of a Christian book.
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Dec 29, 2007
Mel
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I thought that a collaboration of two of my favorite authors would produce an excellent work of fiction! I was so wrong. This was just a horror novel with a muddled message. I was so disgusted with the plot that I actually put the book down, lost it for over a month, found it while looking for something else, and finally finished it by sheer willpower.
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WARNING - SPOILER ALERT
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Jul 05, 2008
Rhonda
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where do i start on this one...the story had promise, but spiraled into weird and weirder. to be honest, i started to give up after the first 50-60 pages, but continued. by about page 200, i admit i was intrigued and had to see how it turned out. the dialogue was very cheesey - hard to believe that, given the fight-for-their-lives situation the characters were in, they'd be thinking about some of the issues that crossed their minds (eg. picture it - a man and woman, strangers thrust into a terri
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Feb 09, 2009
The Ryan
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This book so far, has kept me guessing from the start. I like the details Peretti uses, because it keeps me reading more and more. His sense of detail makes you feel like you're in the house getting scared.
I'm going to most likely read one of his other books that he has made. I just do not understand why Jack and Stephanie are fighting so far. But hopefully my question will be answered. I like to be scared and it's cool reading how others react.
I'm going to most likely read one of his other books that he has made. I just do not understand why Jack and Stephanie are fighting so far. But hopefully my question will be answered. I like to be scared and it's cool reading how others react.
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May 13, 2011
Tanya
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Ugh!
When I read the back of this book, it had such potential. I thought it was going to be super creepy. Unbeknown to me though, I had never read either of these authors, and honestly it was a big long religious package... mixed with horrible writing. It's a collaboration between two authors and it's like when you were in school and a teacher would have you start a story and pass it on to someone next to you. You didn't know the characters, or anything, you just had to move on the pl More...
When I read the back of this book, it had such potential. I thought it was going to be super creepy. Unbeknown to me though, I had never read either of these authors, and honestly it was a big long religious package... mixed with horrible writing. It's a collaboration between two authors and it's like when you were in school and a teacher would have you start a story and pass it on to someone next to you. You didn't know the characters, or anything, you just had to move on the pl More...
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Feb 18, 2009
Bookworm
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House reminded me of a mix between the movies Saw, The Strangers and Vacancy. This book was a great read, full of scary moments and suspense. I like a good horror story and this one delivered. Word to the wise, don't read this while home alone or at night.
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Aug 21, 2007
Christie
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Hmm..this book was a good idea in theory, the plot is an interesting idea. But reading it is like listening to someone else describe their dreams to you..hard to follow.
The story is choppy and disjointed, the development is implausible, and the whole Christian theme is strange and irrelevant. I read that they are making a movie based on this and if they can get the characters to reveal deeper backstories to why they end up in this house then the whole story itself might make more sense. Ov More...
The story is choppy and disjointed, the development is implausible, and the whole Christian theme is strange and irrelevant. I read that they are making a movie based on this and if they can get the characters to reveal deeper backstories to why they end up in this house then the whole story itself might make more sense. Ov More...
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Aug 09, 2011
It's funny but I actually borrowed this from the library on accident. I had wanted to see the video on a whim, but I forgot to check the actual medium this story was being presented in. When the hold came in to pick up, I decided to read the book anyway. I like to think I'm not much of a snob when it comes to books. I like reading the classics and all that jazz but every now and then I like a good suspense or horror book. I'll admit this one was quite the page turner at first. Its a good b
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Mar 04, 2011
Deb
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Plot Summary: What happens, When & Where, Central Characters, Major Conflicts[return]"Jack and his wife Stephanie are on their way to a counseling session for their troubled marriage when a series of detours end up leaving them stranded in the backwoods. The only option they have for shelter is an old plantation style house which seems to be an inn of sorts. There they find another couple who has also been stranded there for the night and Betty, Stewart, and Pete--""Inbreds"
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Jan 28, 2012
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Nov 02, 2011
Whitney
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I picked this book up because I remembered seeing it on a friend's bookshelf at their house several years ago. Other than that, I had no clue who the authors were or what the book was about.
The story takes place in Alabama {Creepy right?} somewhere between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. Stephanie and Jack are a couple having marital problems, on their way to a counseling session in Montgomery when they take a wrong turn and get pulled over. The cop gives them directions to get back to More...
The story takes place in Alabama {Creepy right?} somewhere between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. Stephanie and Jack are a couple having marital problems, on their way to a counseling session in Montgomery when they take a wrong turn and get pulled over. The cop gives them directions to get back to More...
Aug 06, 2011
Brandon
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Peretti quite obviously peaked a few books back, right around The Oath, I'd say. I had high hopes with House, despite the fact that I couldn't shake the feeling he and Dekker were trying to mine the same fame Stephen King and Peter Straub were getting since they released a co-authored thriller around the same time period (even similarly titled "Bleak House"). Unfortunately, King and Straub's work is so superior that this pales even more in comparison. Peretti and Dekker use incredibly
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Aug 01, 2011
Benjamin
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This is probably the darkest book of Dekker, this I think is because of his co-author Frank Peretti (I can't really tell because I have not read any book from Peretti).
Jack and Stephanie are a couple that may very well be already divorced, since they can´t stand each other and are in constant fight. They are on their way to meet a marriage counselor but get lost, a suspicious cop advices them to take a little road that finally took them to the House.
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Jack and Stephanie are a couple that may very well be already divorced, since they can´t stand each other and are in constant fight. They are on their way to meet a marriage counselor but get lost, a suspicious cop advices them to take a little road that finally took them to the House.
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Jul 27, 2011
I read the prologue and thought the book seemed interesting. I started chapter one a few days later and then read the book in the next two days. It had me hooked. It creeped me out and as I read I realized this book had more to it than just being a scary book. The biblical tie ins were mostly subtle,. Don't be put off by being written by a Christian author and claims that this is a Christian book (which it is, but I'm sure anyone can enjoy it). There are a few things I wish were changed. I wish
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Jul 01, 2011
Jon-Kyle
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This book can be described as a psychological horror/suspense/thriller/religious novel. The gist of the story-line is that two couples get trapped in a house with a crazy killer and a set of inbred hosts with poor social skills. All hell breaks loose as the characters get trapped in a basement that doesn't follow the laws of reality. The couples must work their way out of their predicament and escape into safety. The book is a decent read I suppose, and it certainly has its shining moments (pun
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Feb 23, 2011
Jess
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This book…where do I start? "House" is a thriller, Christian novel about two couples that get stuck and end up at a B&B, like the majority of horror/thriller cliché's there's a wacko waiting for them. The difference between "House" and the majority of the horror/thrillers out there is that Ted and Frank have this way of writing and phrasing things to make it seem like you're actually in the book with them.
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Jun 18, 2010
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Feb 02, 2010
Chris
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By the time I heard of this one, I was pretty well over my appreciation of both Dekker and Peretti. House did nothing to change that.
Take a haunted house, some unpleasant and rather stupid protagonists, and a healthy spoonful of violence and pop psychology, mix them all together, and slap a spooky cover on it. Ta-da! You just wrote House!
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Take a haunted house, some unpleasant and rather stupid protagonists, and a healthy spoonful of violence and pop psychology, mix them all together, and slap a spooky cover on it. Ta-da! You just wrote House!
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Jun 16, 2009
Emily
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Written by Dekker & Peretti, it's more Dekker than Peretti, and hints of Stephen King's The Shining. Two couples are stranded on a lonely rural highway and take refuge in a house that turns out to be... haunted? ...The playing ground for a serial murderer?....There are House Rules, and there are similarities to "Lord of the Flies" and even the TV show "Lost" as far as the examination of human nature when pushed to the limit and the use of supernatural/spiritual events, and I'
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May 14, 2009
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Apr 15, 2009
Tiffany
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I found this book while browsing through the Christian Fiction section of a bookstore. When I noticed the authors, heavyweights Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, I thought there was no way this book could be anything but good. I could not have been more wrong.
House tells the story of two couples, Jack & Stephanie and Randy & Leslie, who end up at an inn and encounter the unusual and creepy hosts. They soon realize that they are trapped in the mysterious house by a serial killer that app More...
House tells the story of two couples, Jack & Stephanie and Randy & Leslie, who end up at an inn and encounter the unusual and creepy hosts. They soon realize that they are trapped in the mysterious house by a serial killer that app More...
Jan 10, 2012
Jason
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Pretty good book I wouldn't say one of the best written. But I had liked book though at times some of the story seemed written just to feel up space in the pages. One of the books that where I end up liking better then I did. But book still not great enough I think to have it turned into a movie which was in the works for a long while and almost was never released but that's a different story lol.
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Aug 17, 2011
Jenn
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I was rather disappointed in this book. While I'm not a HUGE fan of Frank Peretti, I LOVE Ted Dekker, and this book just didn't measure up to his usual creativity. My biggest issue with it was just that the characters were completely undeveloped. Not UNDERdeveloped.... UNdeveloped. I didn't know anything about any of them, and thus kept getting them confused. I couldn't remember who was married to whom, and I kept mixing up the folks in the story. At one point a character entered a room an
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Nov 07, 2009
Rob
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I found this book to be merely okay. I guess I hoped for more or thought it would be a bit different. I've never really read the horror genre so I'm probably not the best person to judge this book. When reading reviews of this book I noticed very mixed feelings. Some loved it. Others hated it. Some thought it scary or disgusting. Others thought that instead of scary it was laughable and not it a good way. At one point I thought it was going to actually be frightening in a brooding sort of way bu
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