Blackbriar

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Summary: Blackbriar
Review: Blackbriar is one of the best books I have ever read. I picked it up in the 4th grade and was totally blown away by the mystery and intregue. Needless to say, ever since I finished reading it I have looked for it non-stop for years. The skilled way that it is written, the dark foreshadow and evil overtone of the whole thing just made me want to turn pages all night long. It is the reason that I started to enjoy reading as much as I do now and has influenced my taste in the books that I do read to this day. Since it was the 4th grade when I read it the fine details escape me, but the general impression will live forever. The old house and the names carved into the door. The midnigt bonfire ceremony. It all ties together to make a excellent dark novel in which even the masters like Stephen King and Chris Carter would be proud to have attached to their correspondence.

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Summary: Long search finally over.
Review: Blackbriar is one of the best books I have ever read. I picked it up in the 4th grade and was totally blown away by the mystery and intregue. Needless to say, ever since I finished reading it I have looked for it non-stop for years. The skilled way that it is written, the dark foreshadow and evil overtone of the whole thing just made me want to turn pages all night long. It is the reason that I started to enjoy reading as much as I do now and has influenced my taste in the books that I do read to this day. Since it was the 4th grade when I read it the fine details escape me, but the general impression will live forever. The old house and the names carved into the door. The midnigt bonfire ceremony. It all ties together to make a excellent dark novel in which even the masters like Stephen King and Chris Carter would be proud to have attached to their correspondence.

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Summary: Blackbriar
Review: I first read this book while I was in Junior High ( many years ago) and it's still on my bookshelf. I drag it out and reread it every so often because it's a fascinating, well written, really captivating story with a lot of historical detail and well developed charactors. It's one of those books you can read in one or two sittings because you are so drawn in and involved.
The only thing I did not like was the author's negitive portrayal of British Withchcraft, I've met British Witches and know they are not the evil cat sacrificing folks depicted in the story. But I will forgive the author for this blunder, since there is so much ignorance out there and he was working with the limited information available at the time the book was written.
Overall, it was a great read and a great story.When I was a kid, I was just cativated by the description of an ancient old house way out in the country that you had to reach by land rover, still available in our modern world. It was like a trip into another world.

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Summary: will and a witch?
Review: i love this book so much. i used to read it every week and i never got bored with it. its rilly well written and it end with a cliffhnger that will leave you asking "what next?" its a book based on some facts but mostly from his imagination. and will takes advantage of the situation and he seems to make most of the things from his mind and uses those to get in trouble. i love this book!!!!!

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Summary: Favorite book from my youth
Review: I read Mr. Sleater's book "Into the Dream" when I was a kid (I'm 30 now), and really enjoyed it. That prompted me to read "Blackbriar", which I also enjoyed. Mr. Sleater paints an almost-tangible picture of the house with the bad reputation that everyone in the town refuses to talk about. The house is situated near three old burial mounds out in the woods and is only accessible via a four-wheel-drive vehicle. When newcomers Danny and his guardian Phillipa move into the house, all sorts of weird things start happening. There's a centuries-old heavy wooden door which has names and dates carved into it (the last name has no date!); their fireplace lights itself, and there's a creepy little door in the basement with spiraling steps that lead down, down, down .... Phillipa's Siamese cat is terrified of the house and of a wooden doll that it finds. Danny and his new friend Lark must solve the horrifying puzzle and find the missing Phillipa before all is lost!

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Summary: LOVED IT!
Review: I read Mr. Sleater's book "Into the Dream" when I was a kid (I'm 30 now), and really enjoyed it. That prompted me to read "Blackbriar", which I also enjoyed. Mr. Sleater paints an almost-tangible picture of the house with the bad reputation that everyone in the town refuses to talk about. The house is situated near three old burial mounds out in the woods and is only accessible via a four-wheel-drive vehicle. When newcomers Danny and his guardian Phillipa move into the house, all sorts of weird things start happening. There's a centuries-old heavy wooden door which has names and dates carved into it (the last name has no date!); their fireplace lights itself, and there's a creepy little door in the basement with spiraling steps that lead down, down, down .... Phillipa's Siamese cat is terrified of the house and of a wooden doll that it finds. Danny and his new friend Lark must solve the horrifying puzzle and find the missing Phillipa before all is lost!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I'm 33 and I STILL remember this book 20 years later. I enjoyed reading the other reviews to reaquaint myself with the plot (of which I had absolutely No memory, but hey, it was 20 years ago). What I did remember was the atmosphere. This story is so well done it stays with you. A phenomenal read!

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Summary: Favorite book from my youth
Review: Wonderful, scary book. I still remember it after 20 years.