The House of Dies Drear

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Summary: A bit dull...
Review: After reading the synopsis, I was quite eager to read this book, but I am sad to say it was a bit disappointing. To begin, the plot unfolds very slowly (all the events in the book take place within a couple of days) and lacks any interesting twists or turns. A few parts can seem somewhat engaging, but you quickly lose interest because of the laggard pace. Overall, it was a bit dull, but did provide some interesting details about life around the time of the Civil War.

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Summary: Dies Drear
Review: I had very high expectations for this book because of all the good comments I heard about it. After I read it, I was VERY disappointed.It was dull and very slow. I had no fun reading it at all. I do not reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys fast-paced and exciting books. It was supposed to be a horror story but turned out to be the opposite.

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Summary: I Hate this book
Review: This book is so boring. I was forced to read this book beacause of a class project in my school. I told the teacher i hated it and she got mad. The book was too long. The ending was one of the dumbest ending i ever read. DONT READ THIS BOOK.

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Summary: house of dies drear
Review: This is an excellent book for many readers. Personally i dont read a great deal, but when i came across this book for a particular class, i was amazed at how quickly i was getting through this book. This book was exciting and constantly kept me thinking of what would happen next. There was constant suspense with the haunted house and mysterious openings in the walls. The devilish caretaker also added to teh drama in this story. I would encourage others to take teh time and enjoy this interesting book.

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Summary: Taylor From Richview Middle School
Review: This story is about a young boy named Thomas and his family moving to a new house in Ohio. The house that they moved into was known as the House of Dies Drear. Dies Drear was a guy who was in charge of the underground railrad. The underground railroad was used so that slaves could flee to the north and escape slavery. Lets move on to the main plot of the story. The main plot is that the Darrows[ a family] keeps trying to break into the the cave that came with the property of the house. This cave held valubles thst Drear use to own. There was also a guy named Mr. Pluto that lived in the cave so that they could keep up the keep of the cave and to protect it so that no one would steel anything out of it. So once they found out that the Darrows kept trying to steel things they thought of a prank to pull on them. I dont want to give to much a way so t you guys will have to read the book to find out what they do to them. Throughout the book old Mr. Pluto was getting ill so at the end of the story Mr. Pluto gives the belongings to Mr .Small Thomas's dad to look after. I actually really enjoyed this book, and sorry to say but i dont like to read. The book had adventure,mystery, and a little touch of history because of the slavs and all, but other wise I thought the book kept you gussing almost the whole time so that made it a really good.

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Summary: Dies Drear
Review: Thomas and his family mave from North Carliona, to Ohio, to live in an old pre- Civil War house, called the House of Dies Drear. There are several strange occurances at teh house, which is said to be haunted. He finds a passage underneath the front steps, and strange triangles placed on his family's bedroom doors. He is also forced to deal with the mysterious Mr. Pluto, the groundskeeper, but also the keeper of a secret treasur.
Good qualities of the book are in the pacing, which is fast, and keeps you guessing.

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Summary: Book Review
Review: Thsi book started out (first 80 pages or so) being VERY creepy and scary--not for younger readers. But then it changes and becomes a mystery. It is not until page 100 or so that we discover the main characters are Black, and this really impacts the story about ex-slaves and the Underground Railroad. It is supposed to be a book that tells us about slavery and the Underground Railroad, and is used in classrooms as a reading book with social studies tie-ins -- but NO -- I do not think it does this well at all. It is unclear what is happening or who is doing what until nearly the end, and the history is all mixed up with the fiction. This book will scare kids under 10, and some older ones too. I am more confused about the role of the Underground Railroad and Dies Drear now than before I read the book.