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The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw
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Start date
April 8, 2013
Finish date
April 8, 2013

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Rachel | reads_with_rach
Sep 21, 2020 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, horror, ghost-stories, mystery
Bummed about this one. Cool story, but the execution ruined it for me. I did not find the writing enjoyable.
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Matt Goncalves
Nov 08, 2023 rated it liked it
An old ghost story that is rather dull by modern standards. I had a bit of a struggle keeping focus on this one. I knew the plot of the story and anticipated the reveals. It's tame in terms of horror and suspense. Plus it was a very short story that dragged with descriptive details that overshadowed the supernatural elements. At least it was influential in the timeline of horror fiction. ...more
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