Rating: 
Summary: A good one.
Review: I thought the book was enjoyable. That about sums it up.However, I would like to say that, no, this is not a real diary, and no it wasn't written by Stephen King. It was written by Ridley Pearson ... author of "The Art Of Deception."
Rating: 
Summary: IS THIS FOR REAL?
Review: THE STORY IS GOOD, KEEPS YOU FLIPPING THE PAGES. OF COURSE THERE IS SOME DOUBT AS TO WETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE REAL DEAL OR SOME SCAM TO TERRIFY THE READER WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE TRUE.
I FOUND MYSELF CURIOUS TO READ THE SO CALLED "EDITED DIARY ENTRIES" THAT DR. READON FELT WERE NOT APPROPRIATE TO PUBLISH BUT ACCEPTABLE ENOUGH TO PUT UP ON A WEB SITE.
BY THE WAY I CANNOT FIND IT. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT COULD HOOK A SISTER UP WITH THE SITE?
Rating:
Summary: "Couldn't put it down"
Review: First off, to let anyone know, I work in a county library. Ironically I am not an "avid" reader, if I even pick up a book
with the thoughts of wanting to read, it will even shock me. To the point, since seeing the movie, two weeks prior to this and
liking it, the book came across my hands as a donation. This to
me was my chance to actually start and finish a goal. I was so
intriqued and enhanced in the pages, that I nearlly finished within a few days, which is amazing for me. I felt like I wanted
to jump in the book and straighten Mr. Rimbauer out, what agony
Ellen must have been going through. I have always found the pscyhic phenomenom interesting. This book helped me and opened
up a whole new understanding of the spirit world. I wish there
was more information on Ellen Rimbauer's life, more diary entries. The relationship between her and Sukeena was astounding, geniune and kind. To think alot of things that go
on now in this world, people still do the same actions. The book
was very enjoyable and I could not wait to see what happened next.
Rating:
Summary: Is it real or not?
Review: I first saw the film and then I read the book. At first and after watching the movie, I loved it immediately. Then I heard that there is a book, a diary to be specific of Ellen. This is my question. Is the diary real? Was the movie based on the diary?
Rating: 
Summary: too many coplaints from other readers....
Review: I noticed by reading all the reviews that everyone is saying that Stephen king did not write this book, and you know what..they are right! If you look at the author and the two editors. Stephen King is the editor, not the writer. I personally loved the book and the movie and I highly reccommend it to anyone who likes the paranormal and watching scary movies in the dark...
Rating:
Summary: Rose Red
Review: I found "Rose Red, ..." so intriguing & captivating that I had a hard time putting it down. I read the entire book in just 2 days! I would recommend this book to anyone with an open mind, the imagination and intellect to believe that things can and do "go bump in the night", and who have the courage to find out!
Rating: 
Summary: Oh, Stephen, you've been a bad boy.
Review: I think everyone who has shelled the bucks for the "diary" and subsequently smelled a rat is taking it pretty well, if these customer comments are any indication. As an ardent student of history, coming face-to-face with and recognizing said rat in the first two pages of the "diary", I felt as one might upon trying to cash in a phony lottery ticket. Betrayed, angry, cheated, bereft....and then full of admiration for the (----) it takes to construct and pull off a hoax of this magnitude. Paying reader zero, and one for the rat.
Rating:
Summary: Fooled I was
Review: Growing up in Seattle and being fascinated with what is left of the great old mansions,(I thought I had ferreted them all out) as well as being a student of "haunted" places, I almost went mad trying to realize why, in all the years I lived in Seattle, I never ran across this house or heard about it's history. Why didn't this house show up in the assorted "haunted house" books I have? Alas, egg on my face. We choose not to have TV in our home so I was not aware of the mini series. Finally a friend whose son works for Historylink.com (yes, it DOES exist), found out the truth. We were both amazed and a little angry at Mr. King, et al., for this fantastical farce. I was all ready to go back "home" and find this house at the top of Spring street that I somehow had "missed" for all those years. I'm a little disappointed. I was looking forward to "exploring" it! This book has been fun. It sort of reminds me of the excitement created by "The Bridges of Madison County" when it first came out. Same kind of twist. Thanks to Mr. King, I had myself thinking I had finally gone over the edge; but it was a fun dive. If you are NOT from Seattle, read the book, I think you'll like it...sex and all.
Rating:
Summary: Fooled?
Review: I was initially fooled because I did not know about the mini-series, etc... I bought this book as a summer read because I thought that it might be interesting to read a 'historically based' novel. However, it is pretty much all about sex, including a lengthy 'omission' by the editor that the reader must imagine his/herself. Overall, it was written in an overdramatic and truly unbelievable style. 'Psychic visions' of terrible disasters are far less persuasive when the author(s) come from the future. I scare easily and wasn't scared at all. One of the few books I own that I'd be willing to sell in a minute.
Rating:
Summary: Dreadful, regardless of authorship
Review: We can waste time talking about who really wrote this book, but, frankly, I would remain pseudonymous too if I had written this book. This is a dreadfully tedious novel which contends at its core that it's all about sex, sex, sex. If there are unexplained psychic phenomena, then they must spring from sexual repression. If the main character gains power and confidence, it must be because of good sex. If a house goes bad -- well, must be bad sex. The story moves at a glacial pace, the characters are wooden, and the terrifying cases of disappearance are, well, dull. My advice is to skip this unless you enjoy combing through layers of pseudo-Victorian language to uncover precisely nothing of value.
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