I Love You Ara

by Jamille Fumah

"Forgive her father, for she is sin."

Based on true story. A psychological Romance-Horror-Paranormal novel by Jamille Fumah.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

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Reviews

[cj (taylor's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

akala ko kasi love story deputa

[irish ❤️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

tagal ko gusto basahin 'to tas hindi naman pala ganoon kaganda.

[Rose Can Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pray before you read and maybe after too. If you start getting bad dreams after finishing this book, that’s normal. Well, most of us did. I Love You, Ara crawls under your skin and stays there, whispering when the lights go out. It’s not just a story, it’s a haunting. Good luck, reader. You’ve been warned.

🕵️‍♀️ Genre: Psychological horror, thriller
🌲 Setting: Philippines
📅 Pub Date: 2023 (2019 The Untold Story of Ara)
⏳ Feature: Past and future, obsession, fear and love gone wrong

[Hannah Jone · Rating 4 out of 5]

the beginning was soo good! sobrang nakakakilabot and sobrang nakaka intriga. but then the plot twist confused me a lot? parang hindi siya nag make sense nung una pero nung ending medyo na-gets ko na. the ending also feels rushed for me.

[Ranne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saw this on facebook and it was mentioned that it's based on a true story, so I got curious and gave it a try. It was good but went downhill towards the last few chapters.

[Biancaaa · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. Naaaaahhh

[Shanੈ✩‧₊˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Puro paa. Kawawa si ara

[IIRA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ang tagal ko na s'yang nakilala pero iba pa rin yung dating n'ya everytime I decided to re-read it. Katulad ng dati medyo confusing sa rising action ng stories, pero nabigyan naman ng justice pagdating sa climax. Naging weird yung feeling sa falling action kasi hindi mo talaga expected yung plot twist ng story. Si Ara, ay para lang kay Ara. Yung flashback ng pagkatao ng nanay ni Ara, nakakalungkot mapapansin mo talaga need ng consultation ng family n'ya dahil hindi normal. Then, do'n sa part tungkol sa pamilya ni Rolly if I'm not mistaken, it really gives me goosebumps and imagine na totoong story s'ya nakakaawa lang dahil nadamay sila. 4/5 stars dahil kahit na maganda yung story ang dami ko pa ring gustong malaman!!! sa part ko nakakabitin! Help!! wala pa kasi akong pambili sa THE UNTOLD STORY OF ARA. Kaya siguro bitter ako. Don't you worry ate author Jamille Fumah. Babalikan ko 'to!

[Josephine Yren · Rating 1 out of 5]

1 star for the takot factor it gave me sa may unahan na part especially dun sa “wag basahin sa gabi” portion. But after that, tapon na lahat.
Ang cringe ng writing. Typical wattpad cringe. Lalo na yung mga “isa .. dalawa .. tatlo” parts kairita. Sama mo na yung mga “shet” at “putangina”. Di talaga bagay. Nakakayamot din yung iba’t iba ng POV pero same lang ang wordings at way magsalita ng bawat character. Ang salitaan ni Ara, Janice, Roger, Mrs. Ocampo, at Ka pening ay iisa! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA at wag ka englisherong socialite magbitaw ng words si Ka Pening na albularyo ha. Odiba di tumatahi ang mga bagay-bagay. Kayamot. I read till Chapter 7 lang di ko na kinaya sagad na yun then nag skip na ko to Epilogue to know anong ending and I’m so happy na I skipped almost half of the book dahil di rin naman satisfying ang ending. Baduy parin hanggang ending. Yun lang babush.

[Lyra Velle Matibag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Writing Style: ⭐⭐⭐
The novel shows different perspectives but when I was reading the first half, it feels like the same character despite changing POVs. It only felt natural toward the end.

Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I must say that it blew my mind! The author used foreshadowing to develop the story's plot and I must say it really is effective. Some parts are easy to "guess" but by the time you get to the climax part, you won't be able to stop reading it. You need answers!

Experience: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reading this was challenging. I had to read it during the day because the description is too detailed and too disturbing. So detailed that I felt anxious reading it at night. Why five stars though? As a thriller book, I think it served its purpose.

[Boo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

- Scary with a crazy plot. Literally crazy.
- I expected too much from this book since the original version was much sought after and was a highly recommended horror book.
- It started good, gave me consistent chills until the plot reveal which was a let-down, lost the fear factor, but somehow returned at the end.
- I was also expecting a better backstory, it was anticlimactic here, parang huh? Andaming ganap since the reveal and too much unnecessary events, imo (ex. No need to include Roger had his nap after getting back home).
- May character pa na-mention, “Her body was never found.” Then somewhere on the next pages, “Nakita na iyong mga bangkay - iyong (name).” Kala ko ba never found.
- More revision pa at pede nang horror/slasher film.

[Niko · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to start reading again in preparation for the Philippine Book Festival and I wanted to read something that would make me feel nostalgic as it might help me with my reading slump and this book certainly did.

As a story that was published through Wattpad, it certainly is a product of its time, the writing style and the whole story in general. I think it's really important to read this book with a very low expectation and even then, it might still be disappointing.

I rated this 2 stars as it had some really good ideas and I can see the potential of the story. It was up to my imagination to edit and add additional information just for things to make sense especially at the end.

[straawbereese · Rating 3 out of 5]

at first it was scaaary. it will makes you nauseous because of the wordings and its mind blowingg the way author wrote it. but then when i was in the middle of the story I was confused with the transition of the stories of how the author write the middle part. It looks like it is rush or sumthingz,, but i gave it a try and i must say that it wasn't that good (maybe because I have high tolerance on horror stories so i expected it to be brutal since the hype was yk..) but it turns out it was js yk.. good..

[Heinrich Laufenkirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only like 1 (One) thing wasn't explained which is how Ara saw her own corpse in the beginning, whether an imposter/doppelganger replaced her in the beginning or it's just a time paradox/teaser isn't clear

But then, the plot is otherwise tragic and very consistent, it's almost like Nick Land without meth

[She Taol · Rating 4 out of 5]

First Filipino book to read in years and I LOVE it! I literally screamed at 5 AM for this book. Who says starting reading a horror book at 1 am is a good idea? This book was well written too. I may be a few years late but I'm glad to have read this book. Kudos!

[Marian Diaz]

Tortured

[Rapunzel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Binasa ko 'to around 12 midnight haha. Nakakastress tapos scary sagad, so yun goosebumps lang ng matindi hahaha.

[Jonel Robles]

Its scary

[akahana_21 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omg buang na

[sei · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read this book way back 2017. I used to lay under my blanket and not sleep just so I could read this continuously even if I literally had school at 6 am.

[Rouge · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has a lot of plot-twists I've read this twice but still surprised with the plot-twists everytime! Loved it!

[mara ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

gusto ko mag reread since ilang years nadin kaso madami pa akong tbr haha

[Ara · Rating 4 out of 5]

i remember reading this at night and end at 3:00am. it adds a thrill yk. may foot fetish k beh?????? emz

[Angela Deladia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dahil dito lagi na'kong tulala:) huhu ganda nya be! Natakot na tuloy ako sa cr namin HAHHAHAH

[iamthebrownkid · Rating 4 out of 5]

Woahhhh HAHAHAHAHAH iiyak sana ako pero mas nangibabaw nginig ko sa takot

[apple · Rating 2 out of 5]

creepy pero slight lang. DNF

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice and intense ng scene.

[Lasagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

the plot twist 😱😱😱😱

[k · Rating 5 out of 5]

this scared the sht out of me when i was 13 and it still does.

[Maxpein Reign ValleMoon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ang hirap tapusin ng librong ito.
OA ng mga nag hype neto na nakakatakot ng sobra. Ang taas tuloy ng expectations ko. LOL