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The Turn of the Screw
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February 1, 2020
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February 29, 2020
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Carey
Oct 18, 2020 rated it it was ok
Shelves: horror, classics
It was an interesting story, but overall it feels unfinished and underdeveloped. I think it suffered most from a complete lack of pacing, especially in terms of tangible time. For example, suddenly a month had passed on the same page as the month before without any inclination. This made it hard to really feel out the characters and also to build tension needed in a thriller. There were some thrilling aspects to it, but these were more in terms of the music provided in the audiobook or the tone ...more
Shirley (stampartiste)
In an October 29, 2012 article entitled "Ever Scarier: On 'The Turn of the Screw' " in The New Yorker magazine, Brad Leithauser wrote: "The language is extremely dense... and though the book runs only some hundred pages,... it feels longer than it is.". Can I get an Amen?!

I did not like this novella. The language was difficult to understand (unfortunately, I waited until the last 4-5 chapters before consulting with SparkNotes) and, if my interpretation of this story is correct, I think it's a pr
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Radwa
Nov 12, 2020 rated it it was ok
English Review Below.

رغم أنني ممن يخافون بسهولة، لم تبث فيّ هذه الرواية الرعب ولو للحظة، وأظن أن هذا يعني شيئاً. تبدأ الرواية كحال كلاسيكيات كثيرة، بمجموعة من الأشخاص اجتمعوا ليلة الكريسماس لتبادل القصص ويدّعي أحدهم بأن لديه أفضل قصة مرعبة، ويبدأ بإخبارهم بهذه القصة عن مربية تذهب لقصر بلاي للاعتناء بطفلين، والرعب الذي تواجهه هناك. ومن المفترض أن نخمن هل المنزل مسكون فعلا؟ هل الطفلان شريران؟ أم أن المربية مجنونة فحسب؟

كان أسلوب الكتابة مملا، وحتى بالنسبة إلى قارئة تحب الوصف مثلي، فكان هنا الوصف "
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ULa
Terjemahannya kaku, tapi versi asli bahasa inggrisnya juga susah untuk kemampuanku yang sangat terbatas ;___;
sebenarnya ceritanya bagus tapi karena kemampuan bahasa inggris yang kurang, jadi kurang memahami banyak bagian ceritanya.
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Sep 30, 2011 rated it liked it
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Shelves: victorian
Jenny
Nov 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Amanda Greer
Apr 08, 2018 rated it really liked it
Enid
Aug 12, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Elvira Dobis
Oct 13, 2019 rated it did not like it
Alexander
Feb 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
Sara
Nov 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Sydney
Sep 27, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Zoe
Nov 01, 2016 rated it liked it
Melanie
Mar 11, 2017 marked it as to-read-classics
Jen from Quebec :0)
Mar 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Claudia
Jul 27, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: lite-2017
Rachel
Oct 15, 2018 rated it liked it
Lindsey LaChute
May 19, 2019 rated it it was ok
Carrie
Aug 18, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Alkmini
Jan 23, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-own
Hasewue
Feb 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
Carol
Feb 14, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: zclassics, ccl, zshort