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Summary: Terrible.
Review: Seriously stupid. It's pretty poorly written and the big "surprise" at the end is easily figured out in the first chapter, especially if you've read anything even remotely like this before, and let's face it, most people have. So don't bother. Read some Shirley Jackson instead.
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Summary: Terrible.
Review: Seriously stupid. It's pretty poorly written and the big "surprise" at the end is easily figured out in the first chapter, especially if you've read anything even remotely like this before, and let's face it, most people have. So don't bother. Read some Shirley Jackson instead.
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Summary: Strange things go on in a small New England town
Review: Slow going at the beginning, this book picks up speed about 2/3 of the way through. Newcomers to a agriculturally based New England town discover some bizarre traditions and rituals honoring the harvest. Sexual situations and violence.
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Summary: most startling book i ever read you'll never forget it
Review: starts out as a intersting naritive of country liveing in maine it has three shocking place's but you'll never see them comeing its on par with salems lot in conculding you'll love it i read it 20 years ago "warning:do not read this book if you are alone.but if you do ,just keep repeating to yourself,it's only a book.it's only a book."
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Summary: I read it. You won't understand until you do.
Review: The best I can relate to you is what was said about the book in a television ad for it. An actor walked out, said, "When I finished Tom Tryon's "Harvest Home", I turned on all the lights and called my mother." Then he walked offstage.
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Summary: Entertaining, not Uplifting
Review: The other day I was talking to my mom about scary books I liked and she suggested I read Harvest Home. "We might even have it," she said, and she went out to the garage and came back dusting off an old copy of the novel. I started reading it a couple days later and it was so interresting I couldn't put it down. It is well written though predictable in some ways; I had figured out the "dark secret" halfway through, but other aspects of the ending still surprised me. It is a good book and I highly recommend it if you are looking for an entertaining read, but don't expect to get a lot out of it.
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Summary: Entertaining, not Uplifting
Review: The other day I was talking to my mom about scary books I liked and she suggested I read Harvest Home. "We might even have it," she said, and she went out to the garage and came back dusting off an old copy of the novel. I started reading it a couple days later and it was so interresting I couldn't put it down. It is well written though predictable in some ways; I had figured out the "dark secret" halfway through, but other aspects of the ending still surprised me. It is a good book and I highly recommend it if you are looking for an entertaining read, but don't expect to get a lot out of it.
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Summary: Entertaining, not Uplifting
Review: The other day I was talking to my mom about scary books I liked and she suggested I read Harvest Home. "We might even have it," she said, and she went out to the garage and came back dusting off an old copy of the novel. I started reading it a couple days later and it was so interresting I couldn't put it down. It is well written though predictable in some ways; I had figured out the "dark secret" halfway through, but other aspects of the ending still surprised me. It is a good book and I highly recommend it if you are looking for an entertaining read, but don't expect to get a lot out of it.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING GOTHIC CHILLER...
Review: This is an exceptionally well written chiller. It takes place in Cornwall Coombe, a seemingly bucolic little hamlet in New England. It is to this idyllic locale that Ned Constantine, his wife, Beth, and their teenage daughter, Kate, move. Ned had quit his job as an advertising executive in New York City and was now a professional artist, having established a studio in which to paint on his newly purchased property. In love with the three hundred year old house that they had unexpectedly been able to purchase, he and his family settled down to what he hoped would be a tranquil existence. Alas, this was not to be. The town's very being revolved around ancient rituals dictated by the corn crop, and the town's ways were old ways. Its bucolic setting was deceptive, as there existed a malignancy that was becoming all too apparent to Ned. It was a feeling, however, that neither his wife nor daughter shared. Cornwall Coombe was a town seemingly controlled by the Widow Fortune, an old woman with a knack for healing. The town had a secret, and its insular townspeople were all in on it. Ned was determined to discover what that secret was, even if it were to his detriment. He ultimately finds that some secrets are best left undiscovered. This is a beautifully written book, almost lyrical in the telling. The author has a distinct gift for storytelling, and the tale that he weaves is spellbinding, as well as chilling. It is a tale that is sure to keep the reader riveted.
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Summary: I wish that I had never picked up this book
Review: This is the first book that I have ever felt guilty about reading. I picked it up hoping for some plot-driven relief from a Henry James novel. While the plot was compelling, Tryon's pretentious style almost made me prefer James. Further, Ned Constantine and his family are the shallowest of characters and, even though I wanted to like them, I found myself hoping for their untimely ends. Ned was the one character in a position to unravel the secret of Harvest Home - or at least get away - but he made bad decisions at every possible juncture. In a book this length, it is asking a lot for a reader to believe that even a shallow, stupid man could be so blind. If you are determined to spend money on this book, buy it by the cord and use it for kindling.
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