Ghost Story

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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST HORROR NOVELS EVER WRITTEN!
Review: A novel that penetrates the reader's defences and creates an almost immaculate world of pure terror. This ranks up right up there as one of the best, ingenious, complex-yet-eerily-simple novels ever written. As a horror novel expert, i highly suggest you read it, and then move on to Dan Simmon's Summer of Night, and the works of Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, et al

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Summary: Scariest book I've ever read
Review: This book is hard to read if you're in the house alone. Will keep you awake after you put it down for the night. I've read them all and this one will scare the living daylights out of you.

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Summary: Not exactly a Ghost Story.
Review: I was really expecting Ghost Story to be about ghosts. After I got over the fact that it wasn't exactly, I enjoyed it. I agree with some other reviews that the ending was a bit of a let down but it did have me hooked from about page 100 on. It reads exactly like a Stephen King novel (who apparently is a good friend of his) so if you like him, check it out. Also check out The Talisman by Straub AND King. Their writting styles are so alike you can't tell who wrote what part.

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Summary: One of the greatest horror novels of all time
Review: From beginning to end, this novel is compelling and frightening. How wonderful to re-read a novel (this is my fifth time through) in which the lead characters aren't pompous, self-satisfied idiots (I recently read Koontz's "Fear Nothing"). This book reveals more and more depth with each read through. Straub is an incredible writer and this, along with "Shadowland", are his horror masterpieces.

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Summary: not worth reading
Review: One of the those books where the only reason you even bother to finish it is because you've already read so far. It starts off with a definite air of suspense and terror but I thought the ending really didn't seem to fit. The heros in the book are up against this supposedly shape shifting monster that has been here since the beginning of time and yet the way that they kill her is so mundane.

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Summary: ending was a letdown
Review: I found it extremely scary, very hard to sleep in the silent house! But felt badly let down by the ending, what's to say there is not another 'lynx'? It's not the end is it? highly enjoyed reading it though.

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Summary: The book was good, but the movie was better
Review: This book is quite enjoyable, although the "shape shifter" explanation of Eva Galli's existence I found was a let down. The movie includes Fred Astaire as Ricky Hawthorne and the beautiful and scary Alice Kriege (Star Trek First Contact, Chariots of Fire) is absolutely captivating as Eva, and I am now a fan of hers. In the movie, she is simply a ghost who comes back to haunt the Chowder Society, and I found this more compelling and scarier. The book, however does develop the other characters more fully. I just didn't buy the shape shifter concept - I don't think science fiction concepts fit in well with ghost stories. My recommendation is to read the book after viewing the movie

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Summary: One-star rating, until I finish the blasted thing
Review: I agree with [e-mail] in that, so far, Ghost Story has been a difficult launch for me! It's been about two weeks, and I'm only on page 205. It's a good story, yes yes yes, but what's with the tweedy, dorky Sears James and Ricky Hawthorne? What BO-ring characters. I'm crossing my fingers, ploughing through the next three hundred pages and hoping for the best. I trust good reviews and will see for myself how accurate they are. I'll let you all know in a couple of weeks, it looks like, how the book is upon completion. But for now, I do recommend it, based on the fact that there ARE good parts, it's a very intriguing story line. . .I just wish it would get to the point already.

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Summary: Bad Title...Good Book
Review: Despite the horrible title, this is actually a very cleverly constructed and entertaining novel. I highly reccomend it, but it's a bit dificult to start.

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Summary: Excellent Reading -- You'll Want the Lights Left On!
Review: This was one of those books that kept me turning pages into the wee hours of the night. Straub combined suspense with a thoroughly well-woven story line that kept me up nights until I was done. One of those I've read again and again.