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For me the difference between a 4-star book and a 5-star book is usually the ending- and Jennifer McMahon's THE WINTER PEOPLE lost a star in the final pages...but a 4-star read is nothing to complain about. This was a spooooooky, creepy tale that had me flipping the pages regardless of a weeeeeee bit of disappointment with its conclusion.
January 29, 1908 West Hall, Vermont:
The Secret Diary of Sara Harrison Shea- The first time I saw a sleeper, I was nine years old. I recognized her at once- He ...more
January 29, 1908 West Hall, Vermont:
The Secret Diary of Sara Harrison Shea- The first time I saw a sleeper, I was nine years old. I recognized her at once- He ...more
I'm torn about rating this book. I absolutely blew through it--from start to finish in just about a day--both because the narrative is propulsive but also because I wanted to know what was going to happen.
The book is very wonderfully a small-town ghost story, told from multiple points of view from two different eras. You know what sort of monsters you're dealing with almost immediately: "sleepers," or people who have been recalled from the dead by people who miss them. If you are drawing parall ...more
The book is very wonderfully a small-town ghost story, told from multiple points of view from two different eras. You know what sort of monsters you're dealing with almost immediately: "sleepers," or people who have been recalled from the dead by people who miss them. If you are drawing parall ...more
Creepiest thing ever!
I should have read this for Halloween but the title fooled me and I thought it would be a winter story. In any case it was very good and very creepy. I liked the changing points of view from the early 1900's to the present day. In the beginning this book made me think of Pet Sematary because of sleepers (persons brought back from the dead) but it stands on its own. I really enjoyed this thriller. The main characters, Sara from the past and Ruthie from the present were great and I liked them both
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This book was really interesting, probably one of the most intriguing stories I have read in a while. I did struggle a bit at the beginning to get into the story, the book starts as a journal and then jumps around between Sara and four other main characters. Once I got into the bread and butter of the story, I was sucked in. The ghost story was interesting and compelling. West Hall is a small town with a crazy secret that people are both risking their lives to hide and others are risking everyth
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OMG, no words can express how I felt about this book. I couldn't get the book out of my head. So many twists and turns throughout the book made you want to read more and more. The characters were amazing and the setting made the book what it is. I have read all of Jennifer McMahon's books and this one is definitely in my top 2.
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