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The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Start date: February 1, 2020

Finish date: February 29, 2020

Discussion leader: Rosemarie

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Sep 26, 2021 Ashley W rated it liked it

Shelves: 101-200-pages, source-audible, subgenre-gothic-lit, 0stand-alone

Trigger Warning: Molestation, Child Rape

I had so many questions after reading this novella:
-Was the Governess mad?
-Were the ghosts real?
-Both?
-Did Flora ever see them? Or pretend to? Did the Governess image that too?

A tad on the wordy side, The Turn of the Screw was overwritten for my tastes, but then Gothic lit has never been my favorite genre. Perhaps because I haven't read enough of it. I did enjoy the overall story. There was quite a bit of mystery and the idea of these ghosts haunting child ...more

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May 14, 2020 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-classics, challenge-bingo-2020

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 ...more

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Oct 17, 2020 Bridget Garibay rated it it was ok

Sure it was creepy, but most of the time I felt like everyone was over reacting. And why can we never say what’s truly going on? Instead of intriguing me, it annoyed me. I give it two stars for the writing style.

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Dec 19, 2013 Alana rated it it was ok

Shelves: didn-t-want-to-finish

This book bored me to death. The author used way too many commas and unnecessary words. Was he being paid per word or something? Geeze. Waste of a reading experience.

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