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Summary: Concise King is Always Great Reading!!!!
Review: I have just finished reading this book and admit I was duped at first. I thought this was real. I missed any publicity that came with the book when it was first published, but after being drawn into Ellen's world and wanting this to be real, I did some simple research and realized I fell for the writer's and publisher's prank. I agree, this is Stephen King's work, and like all his shorter works of fiction, it's a fantastic and enjoyable reading adventure.If anyone needs proof of this being Stephen King, turn to page 190 where Ellen supposedly has written: "...this is not one of Poe's gory inventions of fiction: no young girl who can set schools afire; no dog that behaves as if possessed; ...". I've given this book five stars here, but this is for the entire package -- book, miniseries, web site and disguised writer. "Experience" this publishing "event." It's more than just a short read!
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Summary: Sounds a Little Familiar
Review: I am 3/4ths of the way through this story. It's starting to sound an awful lot like the "True" haunting of the Winchester House (except that house has rooms that go nowhere). The owner felt she had to keep building the house because it was cursed somehow because her husband fortune was made with the Winchester fifle. There was a shooting at the beginning of Rose Red. I hope the rest of the book holds my interest as it peaks and wanes at times. If you are a Stephen King fan, you'll love it.
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Summary: 6 STARS! WOW!
Review: All I have to say is that I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! If anyone knows of other books written about this house and/or family, please let me know!
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Summary: Good tie-in, interesting read
Review: First, let me say that the book will make sense whether or not you saw the Rose Red mini-series on ABC. If you did see it, the diary offers much more background information, and if you didn't see it, you probably will want the DVD after you're finished reading. For Stephen King fans, the book has similarities with several others (peepholes through animal heads, sex perverts, lots of realistic portrayals of bodily functions - name me another author that describes vomit or going to the bathroom so eloquently?!?) Don't let that scare you off - it is a quick read, and a finely woven story. Just when you think it can't get any stranger - King throws in another twist or turn.
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Summary: Loved it
Review: I highly recommend this book if you watched Rose Red on tv. It explanes why things happened. It told about the life of people back then also. Very suspenceful book. It gave me chills, and it is all TRUE. I couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: A very Haunting tale.
Review: I could not help but see the similarity of this book to Edgar Allen Poe's "The fall of the House of Usher". A house that seems to be "alive" and how it controls the life of Ellen Rimbauer, to the point of madness. A very easy read and not boring or dragged out at all. This is a Haunting tale that really keeps you reading.
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Summary: Rose Red Diary A Great Buy
Review: Read it and bought it in the same day! There are quite a few things that the movie left out. It is awesome and there are additional sites to visit with this book. I recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: Good, if not great.
Review: I missed the chance to watch the ABC mini-series Rose Red, but upon viewing the sticker on the front of the diary (kinda a giveaway don't you think?) I decided to check it out. I haven't read anything by King since his awesome On Writing, and I was curious to see what his take on an Edwardian ghost story would be. Needless to say I was pretty impressed. While some may compare it to his other Haunted Place story The Shining, I thought the Rimbauer diary was a nice take on early 20th century high society, sexual repression, terror, the price of hubris and that most poignant and wise of phrases: be careful what you wish for. As a tie-in to the larger story of Rose Red, I would have given it a higher rating. But coming in cold, and not knowing the ultimate results and events of Reardon's expedition to the haunted house I did feel cheated a bit. I felt like I was reading the setup of a really great King horror trip, the sensation of the roller coaster cresting the rise and just about to zoom downhill and into classic King territory. . .and then it fades to black. It was a letdown to be sure. Still, it is a good book and well worth a read. I found I couldn't stop flipping pages, and when he wants to get creepy Mr. King is still the Michael Jordan of suspense.
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Summary: It's awful to be deceived
Review: Aside from Grisham and Sandford, I am a reader of non-fiction. I was thrilled at the idea that an old diary had been discovered that was written by a woman who resided in a haunted house. I read the introduction to the book that was supposedly written by a person researching the strange goings-on in Rose Red. I started reading with great anticipation. As I began to read I wanted to believe that this was the real thing but immediately began to doubt; it didn't seem like a diary at all, but rather a complete novel, which is exactly what it turned out to be. What a cruel hoax. I'm putting the book on the market immediately. I couldn't give it only one star because it is so well written, but the hoax and the tawdry sexual depictions made me despise this book. Mr. King - could you have sold the book without the hoax and the sex?
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Summary: Riveting
Review: Prepare to stay up and not be able to put it down!
Susupenseful, provacative.
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