What will be your first reaction if you come to know that your house is haunted and you can't get out from there ❓❓❓
If I found out my house was haunted and I couldn’t leave, my first reaction would be a mix of shock and curiosity. I’d probably feel a chill run down my spine, followed by a sense of urgency to understand what’s going on. I’d try to stay calm (though easier said than done!) and assess the situation—whether it’s a mischievous ghost, a poltergeist, or something worse.
Name of Book: The Haunted
Author: Bentley Little
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: 3 Apr 2012
No. of Pages: 400
Format: Digital
Julian and Claire Perry and their two children, Megan and James, have made the move to a bigger, nicer home in their city's historic district. But something isn't right.
The neighbors seem reluctant to visit. Claire can't shake the feeling that someone is watching her. Megan receives increasingly menacing and obscene texts. And James is having terrible dreams. No wonder, considering what he's seen in the corner of the basement, staring at him and shuffling closer ever so slowly.
Pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the bottom of the stairs is rising....
Bentley Little is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, Little sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first novel, The Revelation, won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel. A Luddite with no access to the Internet, Little still listens to vinyl records and does not own a cell phone, an iPod, an MP3 player, or a Blackberry. He has one wife and one son.
My Opinion
The Haunted by Bentley Little is a terrifying story of a haunted house and a family. The story is a very different one, as it is not about a house but a number of houses in the same locality that are haunted. All the characters were very good, and the author has given quite a narrative about their past. Although the story switches between past and present, giving us some spine-chilling encounters. But some of the incidents still needed explaining, like the origin of the entity. I think it needed some more details to push the story further, as I was eagerly waiting for that. The book is good for a read if you are a first-time horror reader. The book deserves 3 stars.
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