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Taking seriously a book which starts with a giant helmet falling from the sky and killing a prince, turned out to be quite impossible. That is precisely why I kind of liked the whole thing. There's just so many ridiculous events and strangely behaving characters, that in the end it's just funny instead of scary. The plot is so fast-paced you barely have time to consider what would possibly happen next, and sometimes you can't help but roll your eyes at the words that the characters let out of th
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You have to hand it to Walpole; he created a genre and parodied it with a single book. This was just silly.
2.5 stars really, I am reminded why I am not fond of 18th century literature.
Nov 06, 2007
Jayme Pendergraft
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it was ok
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Aug 31, 2009
Kristin
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really liked it
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Jul 06, 2010
SandyC
marked it as to-read
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Jan 04, 2013
Mirja
marked it as to-read
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Jun 28, 2015
Megan
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it was amazing
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