House Of Dies Drear, The

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Summary: Great Book!!!!!
Review: Well, I like this book because they found some triangles on the doors outside their bedrooms. My favorite part was when Thomas scared his father while he was going outside to check if anyone was out there. When the Darrows went to the house of Thomas, they made a big mess in the kichen and when the family came back from church they saw a big mess. I did not like that part. I think that other students should give it a try.

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Summary: Scary ("ahhhh")
Review: I would really like to rate this book with zero stars, but that wasn't a choice. Reading was usually one of my favorite things to do...until now. When I open this book it's like I'm about to meet a horror. The worst part about it is that I'm forced to read it as a school assignment. It talks about the devil and all sorts of things I don't want to hear about. There's almost no detail and there's not really much of an end. The title doesn't sound like the book will be too bad, but in reality it's terrible. It's not at all appropriate for fourth graders (which is the grade I'm in) and it shouldn't be assigned to them. It has a lot of scary things in it that are not appropriate for fourth graders. I'm surprised that it is supposed to be for 9-12 year olds because it should be for much older kids.

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Summary: Yuck.
Review: I truly hated this book. I had to read it in 5th grade, and I hated it. The fact that I still remember not liking this book is proof in and of itself of how much I detested reading it - as I am now a junior in high school! I love reading in general, don't get me wrong, but there was something about this book that rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps it was the fact that the author spent 10 CHAPTERS describing what the house looked like! I don't really remember the plot, but I do remember the indelible impression this book left with me - why read it unless you have to?! I do believe that this is the only book in the world that I feel this way about!

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Summary: Not too shabby!
Review: Although this book had a lot of dry areas, it was rather good. With a good plot and a surprise ending, it deserves 3 stars. It starts off kind of slow but it gradually gets more interesting. It has wonderful, vivid descriptions of the surroudings and it is a shame not to read it.

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Summary: Ugh......
Review: Okay, I'm going to be brutally honest. I didn't like this book very much. I expected it to be a lot better. We had to read it in 6th grade, and my teacher said it was really good. Obviously we have very different tastes. I found myself drudging through the chapters. It was veeerrrryy boring and confusing. Virginia Hamilton did not describe what was going on very well, so I had a difficult time picturing the story. And I HATED Thomas!! He just seemed convieniantly(sp?) smart so the plot(or what was left of it) could flow more easily. Ehh maybe I'm being a bit harsh, perhaps I just don't like this genre. But I can't recommend it, I'm sorry.

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Summary: A Let Down
Review: I had to read this book as a class project, and I must say, it was a let down. I thought that this would be an interesting ghost story, with a haunted house... was I wrong. The plot seems dragged out, and the end is just flat. I was looking for something more like a chilling ghost story, and I did not find it here.

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Summary: Not the best
Review: When I first read this book I expected it to be exciting. WRONG. At first it seemed like there were going to be ghosts. The way Virginia writes it is confusing. Some things dont even make since.This book to me was very boring and dull. I hated it most things arent explained in the end.

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Summary: The House of Dies Drear
Review: The House of Dies Drear by virgia halmiton is a wonderful book the reason why I like it`s becouse of the things the characters do and the tuNnel they find under the ground .My favorite part of the story is when they scare the theifs that try to steal the jewelery in the tuNnel .you should read this book !!!

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Summary: The House of Dies Drear
Review: The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton is a awsome book
and exiting book. I like this book becouse it had action and
was scary in some parts. my favorite part is when the old man
comes running out to scare the little boy,I recommend you to read
this book.

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Summary: House of Dies Drear
Review: I am not a big reader and when I started reading this book I knew why. It seemed to me that the first few chapters were boring and could not keep me interested, so it was hard for me to follow along. Once I sat down and really started to read, it became exciting. This book is well written and easy to read when you take the time to read it. I like the way the house is described I feel as though it is one of the characters. All and all it is an ok book but, it is not at the top of my list.