We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions)

Castle is a facinating, wonderful book that's beyond engaging-- it's the kind of book that you don't want to put down, not because it's a cheap Dan Brown-like pageturner, but because it's rather simply narrative is written in such a way that is surprises regardless. Most facinating about this book is that Jackson uses a bit of slight of hand with her characters so that things you certainly...more

Castle is a facinating, wonderful book that's beyond engaging-- it's the kind of book that you don't want to put down, not because it's a cheap Dan Brown-like pageturner, but because it's rather simply narrative is written in such a way that is surprises regardless. Most facinating about this book is that Jackson uses a bit of slight of hand with her characters so that things you certainly SHOULD notice, you might never. Mary Katherine is a facinating, complex narrator. I'll confess, the controlling ideas of the novel were lost on me-- or perhaps I didn't give myself enough time to digest it-- until I read the preface, but the context it places the novel in is facinating. Captivating, subtle, thoughtful, and surprising. It's a great read.   hide

Very dark, very haunting. I will never forget this novel.

creepy but good

This book is okay. It's pretty interesting throughout, but the ending is a dud.