Comments on: We Have Always Lived in the Castle http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson « Jenny's Books http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/#comment-45879 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:37:46 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1857#comment-45879 [...] Hey Lady! Whatcha Reading?, things mean a lot, Asylum, A Striped Armchair, Book Addiction, So Many Books, BooksPlease, The Bookling, Save Ophelia, Bending Bookshelf, book-a-holic, Bibliolatry, Bold. Blue. [...]

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/#comment-41736 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:05:29 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1857#comment-41736 Fence, the title is great, isn’t it?

Chris, she is lots of fun. I’ve yet to read something of hers I did not like.

Carl, I know what you mean about Charles. His just leaving was a little odd but I tossed it up as deciding he wasn’t going to get anywhere. He did come back in the end but it did feel slightly awkward.

Jenny, thanks for the recommendation! I was wondering if they were worthwhile and now I know :)

Framed, thank you. I’ve been adding books to my future RIP list too. Carl had better keep this challenge going for a very long time!

]]> By: Framed http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/#comment-41728 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:22:20 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1857#comment-41728 Great review. I will have to add this book and The Haunting of Hill House to my list. Not that I need more books for future RIP challenges, but it’s always nice to have a LARGE selection.

]]> By: Jenny http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/#comment-41702 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:52:19 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1857#comment-41702 Since you’ve loved Shirley Jackson, I have to recommend her two memoirs, _Life Among the Savages_ and _Raising Demons_. Wonderfully funny, and dead-on accurate as far as the life of a book-lover!

]]> By: Carl V. http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/02/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/#comment-41699 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:52:03 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1857#comment-41699 I really enjoyed this one when I read it a few months ago. It did indeed have a creepy atmosphere throughout the whole book that I believe had a lot to do with seeing things more from the viewpoint of one specific character. It was very well written.

SPOILER:

My only complaint at all was that I wasn’t sure the character of Charlie stayed true to his motivations as the book went on. He seemed to me to be obviously after something, or several somethings, and then all of a he was gone. That seemed very odd to me and didn’t necessarily ring true. But that is a small complaint in an otherwise delightfully eerie read.

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