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Doppelganger
The house of madness!
Transplanted from her native Sweden to the drawing rooms and gas-lit parlors of Gilded Age New York, Anine Atherton will want for nothing in the lavish row house her rich new husband bought for her. But Anine’s house doesn’t seem to like people. The caretaker hangs himself in the entryway. The maid drops dead her first day on the job. Anine herself is becoming anxious and terrified, and not just because of the ghostly laughter she hears in the middle of the night. Her gentle, charming husband is slowly turning into a domineering brute. And whatever shadowy entity lives in her house, it can read Anine’s mind and use her darkest secrets against her. The last woman to live in the house went insane. Will Anine be next in line?
Transplanted from her native Sweden to the drawing rooms and gas-lit parlors of Gilded Age New York, Anine Atherton will want for nothing in the lavish row house her rich new husband bought for her. But Anine’s house doesn’t seem to like people. The caretaker hangs himself in the entryway. The maid drops dead her first day on the job. Anine herself is becoming anxious and terrified, and not just because of the ghostly laughter she hears in the middle of the night. Her gentle, charming husband is slowly turning into a domineering brute. And whatever shadowy entity lives in her house, it can read Anine’s mind and use her darkest secrets against her. The last woman to live in the house went insane. Will Anine be next in line?
- GenresHorror
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2014
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About the author
Sean Munger
26 books188 followersSean Munger is the author of several novels in various genres, including the horror novels Zombies of Byzantium, Doppelgänger, The Rats of Midnight and Zombie Rebellion, the science fiction novels The Valley of Forever, Life Without Giamotti and its sequels, and the historical fiction books Romantic, Memoirs of a Great Liner and Beowulf is Boring. He also has short fiction available in collections titled Hotel Himalaya: Three Travel Romances, President in the Bathroom and The Antimeridian. A historian, he is the creator of the history podcast Second Decade, available on iTunes and other outlets. He writes about history, books, movies, art and many other subjects on his website www.seanmunger.com. He lives in Oregon.
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July 20, 2015
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I wanted to like Doppelgänger but I felt disconnected from the characters. The story has a good premise, it’s atmospheric, the house is a scary enough, but none of the characters really connected with me. I couldn’t like the characters, so I didn’t feel much for them.
I wanted to like Doppelgänger but I felt disconnected from the characters. The story has a good premise, it’s atmospheric, the house is a scary enough, but none of the characters really connected with me. I couldn’t like the characters, so I didn’t feel much for them.
February 18, 2015
From the Description:
The house of madness!
Transplanted from her native Sweden to the drawing rooms and gas-lit parlors of Gilded Age New York, Anine Atherton will want for nothing in the lavish row house her rich new husband bought for her. But Anine’s house doesn’t seem to like people. The caretaker hangs himself in the entryway. The maid drops dead her first day on the job. Anine herself is becoming anxious and terrified, and not just because of the ghostly laughter she hears in the middle of the night. Her gentle, charming husband is slowly turning into a domineering brute. And whatever shadowy entity lives in her house, it can read Anine’s mind and use her darkest secrets against her. The last woman to live in the house went insane. Will Anine be next in line?
I really wanted to like Doppelganger more than I did. It was well written and atmospheric, the house was spooky. It was everything you want a good gothic ghost story to be except,,, And that's the problem. I felt very disconnected from the story. The characters were well written but unlikable to me, so much so I was rooting for the ghost throughout the book. I would give the author another chance based on his descriptions alone but didn't enjoy this 2.5 star read.
The house of madness!
Transplanted from her native Sweden to the drawing rooms and gas-lit parlors of Gilded Age New York, Anine Atherton will want for nothing in the lavish row house her rich new husband bought for her. But Anine’s house doesn’t seem to like people. The caretaker hangs himself in the entryway. The maid drops dead her first day on the job. Anine herself is becoming anxious and terrified, and not just because of the ghostly laughter she hears in the middle of the night. Her gentle, charming husband is slowly turning into a domineering brute. And whatever shadowy entity lives in her house, it can read Anine’s mind and use her darkest secrets against her. The last woman to live in the house went insane. Will Anine be next in line?
I really wanted to like Doppelganger more than I did. It was well written and atmospheric, the house was spooky. It was everything you want a good gothic ghost story to be except,,, And that's the problem. I felt very disconnected from the story. The characters were well written but unlikable to me, so much so I was rooting for the ghost throughout the book. I would give the author another chance based on his descriptions alone but didn't enjoy this 2.5 star read.
January 20, 2015
One of the better scary ghost stories I have read in a while, although it is not really a ghost story
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December 13, 2014
I really enjoyed this spooky tale and the end has left me wondering!
August 11, 2019
Hands down one of the best books I’ve read. I’ve tried to find more horror books like this one and so far have been unsuccessful.
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