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Psycho House (Tor Horror)

Psycho House (Tor Horror)

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Rating: 3 stars
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.

Rating: 1 stars
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: 4 stars
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.


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