Psycho House

Rating:
Summary: Ok
Review: I bought this little gem about five years ago, I've read it 15 times and it still gives me goose bumps. Bloch weaves a mystery filled tale with stunning ease. With red herrings abound, Bloch grips you from page one and never lets go. A terrific book. Buy it, you won't be sorry. It's all the more relevant following Bloch's death.

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Summary: Psycho House
Review: I read the book Psycho House by Robert Bloch. This is a horror book. I choose this book because I like horror books and it looked interesting. I also heard that Psycho and Psycho II were really good books.
The last line in the book was very interesting and made the book really good.
"When your done writing this book maybe you can write another about the asylum."
"In here"
"No out there"
This quote is Amy and the doctor talking and he means out there in the world because hes a doctor in the asylum.
I thought that this was a good book. It was very exciting and kept me guessing. The book was a about a journalist named Amy, who goes to a small town to do a story about a deceased murderer Norman Bates. Things get interesting when she comes to town and people start getting murdered. Everyones a suspect and everyone giving Amy information is dying. In the end the murderer turns out to be someone who helped Amy and was for a little while her friend. I never would have guessed it was him. I would recommend this book to anyone in high school or older.

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Summary: The worst! Is this the same Robert Bloch who wrote Psycho?
Review: I was expecting something that would be very good here by Mr. Bloch. Instead, I was treated to a horrible and boring story. Is this the same Robert Bloch who wrote Psycho? The characters had absolutely no development and it was confusing at times to follow the plot. So where is Norman? The book was no better than the bad novel to Psycho II, which the movie was a lot better anyway. I would have rather read a novel of that horrible TV movie Bates Motel from 1987 or even the better Psycho IV's screenplay than this boring book which in fact I loaned to a friend and never asked for it back.

Rating:
Summary: The worst! Is this the same Robert Bloch who wrote Psycho?
Review: I was expecting something that would be very good here by Mr. Bloch. Instead, I was treated to a horrible and boring story. Is this the same Robert Bloch who wrote Psycho? The characters had absolutely no development and it was confusing at times to follow the plot. So where is Norman? The book was no better than the bad novel to Psycho II, which the movie was a lot better anyway. I would have rather read a novel of that horrible TV movie Bates Motel from 1987 or even the better Psycho IV's screenplay than this boring book which in fact I loaned to a friend and never asked for it back.

Rating:
Summary: Total Dissapointment
Review: The only thing Bloch 'weaves' in this is boredom! PSYCHO was marginally good, PSYCHO II was one of the best novels I've read, PSYCHO HOUSE was terrible! In the other two, we relied on 'who-dunnit' to get us through the book, but this one barely got me through Chapter 2. Then when I found out who the killer is, I didn't even read the last few paragraphs, I just slammed the thing shut and put it back on the shelf. The only good part was the opening chapter. It has a really nice beginning, and if only the rest of the novel were the same...

Rating:
Summary: Bloch almost at his best
Review: There was no beating Psycho. Psycho II came close with the "is Norman dead or not" clause. Psycho House says, "Yes, Norman's dead, but try telling Norman that." Even after the death of Robert Bloch, Norman Bates still lives on. Psycho House shows us that. It shows us that even if the body of a person is no more, his legend lives on forever. An Excellent novel with a few loose strings that now, since it's creator has died, only our imaginations are left to fix.

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Summary: The curtain closes on the Bates legacy.
Review: With the novel Psycho House author Robert Bloch created a trilogy that closed with a typically witty examination of the obsession America has with its serial killer 'heroes'. Norman Bates has been quite dead for years, the insane killer from the previous novel is safely tucked away in an asylum, and the infamous Bates house and motel is set to become a wax museum that recreates the gruesome details of the crimes committed there. Too bad a teenaged trespasser has just been stabbed to death on the property. With all the usual suspects accounted for who can be killing now, and why? Geared more for fans of the novels than the films, this is recommended to old fashioned Bloch fans. Those looking for thrills with a harsher edge should look elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: The curtain closes on the Bates legacy.
Review: With the novel Psycho House author Robert Bloch created a trilogy that closed with a typically witty examination of the obsession America has with its serial killer 'heroes'. Norman Bates has been quite dead for years, the insane killer from the previous novel is safely tucked away in an asylum, and the infamous Bates house and motel is set to become a wax museum that recreates the gruesome details of the crimes committed there. Too bad a teenaged trespasser has just been stabbed to death on the property. With all the usual suspects accounted for who can be killing now, and why? Geared more for fans of the novels than the films, this is recommended to old fashioned Bloch fans. Those looking for thrills with a harsher edge should look elsewhere.