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Summary: Ellen Rimbauer's "Rose Red" The Mysteries...
Review: I have now had time to read this amazing book. This takes on more of a look at the Rimbauer's interesting past history, from the characters Stephen King created in the mini series "Rose Red." We know now that the secret is out, even when we all thought the amazing Stephen King wrote the book we were wrong it ends up being another fantastic author Ridely Pearson. He did a stunning job of creating this interesting family history.
This book goes through the start to finish of the joining of Ellen and her husband, and the building of Rose Red. At first Ellen and her husband, not to mention Rose Red is the talk of the town. Till the house seems to take control over them all. Kidnapping women, and the death of other men. Ellen is torn between her husband and her best friend and companion Sukeena, and Ellen is the secret to Rose Red. We go through all her emotions and torments over the years of living in Rose Red (Which is based on the famous Winchester House in California which I had the pleasure of touring this past year). I thought it was very thrilling to see people really "surviving" back at the time, and that it wasn't just a game show. More and more secrets to Rose Red are revealed throught this book and I highly recommend you reading it. Ellen's story is captivating, and I think from after watching Rose Red you'll understand her a lot more. I've also come to a lot of different opinions and conclusions to what the mysteries of the house is and are, but I'll let you decide that for yourself.
Some of it is quite slow, however, I would have liked all the "editing" notes towards the end by Dr. Joyce Reardon. I can see why they are there, however, I think it would have been more interesting if all of the entries were kept in the diary. I did like the Steven Rimbauer entery, and what he had found at "Rose Red" after their entrance into the house. But if you can get your hands on the book I highly recommend it.
Looking back on my previous review I kind of laugh now back then I was more upset that others seemed to bash the book, because they thought they were dooped into believing the story is real. If you read the book and watch the movie carefully you can pretty much come to the conlusion that its not. It's an extremely interesting take on a haunted house that's based on a real house. So again pick up this book and read it and then have the fun of watching Stephen Kings Rose Red all over again!
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Summary: Rose Red Fact or Fiction?
Review: I agree, don't insult our intelligence. I truly thought the book was true. The movie was incredible and one of the better mini-series by Stephen King. I was very impressed with the book and with the movie. The book was one that I could not put down. Great read! Enjoy!
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Summary: Annoyed
Review: Having just finished the book and having watched the mini-series, I to was under the false notion that Rose Red was a real story. Not until I read the fine print on the back of the book did I see the word "fiction" printed by the bar code and immediately became frustrated. Not to mention, having reached the entry for April 19, 1917...yes my curiousity was peaked and I wanted to read more of the entries from that time, therefore checking out the webpage listed in the book. Check the links on this page for the various professors listed and they all take you to the same page for Rose Red. I personally am annoyed at the fact that this has been contrived, particularly using a person with a supposed PhD to add authenticity to the claims. I too saw the special however before the mini-series making me believe even more it was based on a true diary. I guess I was wrong along with many other readers.
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Summary: If you liked Rose Red, you'll love this book!
Review: First of all I have to laugh at all the people that thought this was real. I suppose you all went looking for the Blair Witch too?I watched the mini series Rose Red before I purchased this book. Rose Red was incredible and this book helped explain stuff that the mini series did not. This book, like the mini series, is just purely entertainment. It made for a good read and I highly recommend it!
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Summary: http://www.thornewoodcastle.com/movie.htm
Review: Does Blair Witch ring a bell? This story is entirely fiction & http://www.thornewoodcastle.com/movie.htm shows the real "castle".
Great job Stephen King...writing a book & a mini-series that gets people to believe such fiction.
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Summary: Disappointed, and a little angry.
Review: I saw the "documentary" on Rose Red, and went to Amazon.com to order this book. After reading everyone's VERY HELPFUL reviews, I now realize that the documentary was just a trailer for the Stephen King series.
What makes me angry is the fact that one was led to believe that the diary really existed - there were interviews with the "editor" who talked about Ellen Rimbauer's writing style, etc. etc. And even though the pictures of Ellen Rimbauer looked too modern to me, the documentary managed to convince me that this was all on the up and up.
Now I wouldn't buy this book for 25 cents. Many thanks to all the reviewers who warned me off!
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Summary: Stephen King and P.T. Barnum
Review: With this book Stephen King proves once again that there is a
sucker born every minute. I think that both the book and the
mini-series are both examples of genius and creativety on a large
scale Mr. King proves that he still tell a good story and scare the pants off of us. Which is just what we want him to do.
I'll bet he has read some of the reviews on this web site and has been having a good laugh at some people's expense. Bravo to you Mr. King!
P.S I recently found out that Stephen King is not the real author of this book I guess I was fooled too!
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Summary: Rose Red is Thornewood Castle
Review: I did enjoy the book. For those of you wondering, it is fiction.
The real Rose Red house is Thornewood Castle, located in Washington. I believe somewhere near Tacoma, Seattle area?
Just get on your computers and do a search for Thornewood Castle, and you will see that it is a real place where the movie was filmed. They are also a B&B, so you can actually stay over in one of the rooms in which the movie was shot.
Hope this helps some of you with your question of fact or fiction. :)
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Summary: Publicity Stunt
Review: The book would have seemed so much more clever had Blair Witch not successfully made us ponder the truth or fiction question first. Instead it just seems like a weak publicity ploy for King to squeeze a few more dollars out of his fans. The book itself was a smooth easy read, if rather vague. It really wasn't worth the money, however, for such a short book. I think, too, it could have been more believable if it hadn't been so extreme. I was more likely to roll my eyes than to shiver with fear. As for the question of whether it is a hoax, if there is still anyone unsure: Beaumont University's website is not a '.org', which all institutions are, and it is copywrited by Hyperion, the publisher of the book.
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Summary: Stephen King is laughing all the way to the bank
Review: Oh my ... , I couldn't put it down! I felt early on it was a joke, couldn't put my finger on any exact passage, but KNEW and FELT it was a hoax. Somehow the language was not from a woman in that era, it felt like a person from our era was the writer. Later on, one passage in particular screamed out at me "I smelled smoke in the auditorium". That was it for me, total hype. Only someone who grew up in the 60's would catch that one. Ole' Charlie Brown, he's a clown! Anyway, it was fun to read. What really made me laugh is the www.beaumontuniversity.net website. Not an .edu, and for such a place to exist without any other professors. Ha, well, it did entertain me for an evening. Pricey though, cheaper to watch the made for TV movie.
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