The Gothic Novel Book Club <Hiatus> discussion

Fudgy dudgy!! I forgot again. Sorry.

I almost did it, but I figured you’d get there.;)
I got my copy of this today.
Starting this one !!

How are you liking the book, Shaina? I will be joining you but I am still waiting for this from the library. I ordered it in September. I suspect some librarian and I have the same taste in books!

No doubt, Kathy. I have barely started, but it has grabbed me. I mean, what a spooky type opening ! OoOOOoooo

I just finished SWTWC, and I really enjoyed it-- it moved along very well and kept me glued to the book, but in the end, although I liked it very very much, I did not love it. A lot of the prose was sheer magic, especially when Bradbury was describing being young in the autumn in a small town-- that was when I felt as if I was really in the story. This was my first time reading the book, and I never felt that it really crossed over the line into being a horror story-- to me, it read more like a dark fairy tale, with Mr Dark in the rôle of the wicked witch who wore his familiars on his skin. I am not sure why this book is counted in the Green Town series; it is very different from the other books. I am currently reading The October Country (4 stories in) and so far I'm really enjoying it-- the tone is very different from SWTWC, and every year around Hallowe'en I like to revisit The Halloween Tree, which is one of my favorite autumn reads. Even if I don't read the entire story every year, I always read the description of the Great Tree. The first 5 or 6 chapters of that book carry me right back to being young at Hallowe'en.

I haven't had a chance to pick up either of the reads for this month. :( I am still working on Jane and The Vanishing.

I’m not finished with this, but so far it does feel like a sort of dark fairy tale... but still gothic.
Very good thoughts.
Love it.

Ooh. I like that idea. I haven’t read The Halloween Tree yet!