Home Before Dark: 'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware

Home Before Dark: 'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware

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'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the Month

What was it like? Living in that house.

Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon.

Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death. She was too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she doesn't believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don't exist.

But when she returns to Baneberry Hall to prepare it for sale, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the pages of her father's book lurk in the shadows, and locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself - a place that hints of dark deeds and unexplained happenings.

As the days pass, Maggie begins to believe that what her father wrote was more fact than fiction. That, either way, someone - or something - doesn't want her here. And that she might be in danger all over again . . .

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Beiträge

8
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4

„Every house has a story to tell…“

Vor 25 Jahren zogen die damals 5-jährige Maggie und ihre Eltern nach Baneberry Hall, einem verlassenen viktorianischen Herrenhaus in einer ländlichen Gegend Vermonts. Sie verbrachten dort drei Wochen, bevor sie mitten in der Nacht aus dem Haus flohen. Die Gründe dafür veröffentlichte Maggies Vater in einer Autobiografie, in der er über paranormale Ereignisse und Begegnungen mit böswilligen Geistern berichtete, die sich im Anwesen zutrugen und denen die Familie nur knapp entkommen sei. Heute erinnert Maggie sich an keines der im Buch geschilderten Ereignisse und ist sich sicher, dass alles frei erfunden ist… Als Maggie jedoch nach dem Tod ihres Vaters nach Baneberry Hall zurückkehrt, um das geerbte Anwesen zu renovieren und es für den Verkauf vorzubereiten, wird sie Zeugin eben jener Ereignisse. Fest entschlossen die düsteren Geheimnisse des Hauses aufzudecken, muss Maggie tief in der Vergangenheit graben und feststellen, dass Realität und Fiktion gefährlich nah beieinander liegen… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Horror-Thriller kann Riley Sager 👌🏼 Fans von „The Amityville Horror“, „The Haunting of Hill House“ und „The Haunting of Bly Manor“ werden dieses Buch lieben - zu recht, dann es gibt wenig zu kritisieren: die Protagonistin war super relateable, Setting und Atmosphäre waren großartig, die Suspense war real, mit einigen unerwarteten und nicht zu weit hergeholten Twists und Turns. Auch wenn der ultimative Wow-Effekt am Ende ausblieb, hat mich das Buch fantastisch unterhalten und stellenweise richtig gegruselt, sodass ich auch mal eine Lampe mehr anmachen musste, um weiterlesen zu können 😅 Definitiv eine Empfehlung 👍🏼

5

It was so thrilling, I read it in less than 3 days. Although it could have been scarier and I wasn't a big fan of the end - the book was great fun and I can only recommend it to all fans of hauntings and old houses.

4

(between 3.75/5 and 4/5!) Rating edited to 4⭐️

3.5

Solider, gut konstruierter Thriller mit spooky Vibes & zwei sehr durchdachten und clever verwobenen Timelines.

4

The whole time I had goosbumps while reading. Such a twisty story! I really liked that we had 2 perspectives the whole book long.

5

4.5 stars It was giving Edgar Allen Poe but in a modern way? The Gothic location, ghosts, hallucinations, superstition, the unnatural. Had the main character name been Lana or Elena it would’ve been perfect. I get scared easily and had to put down the book several times because I was scared. But honestly it was so well written, albeit I didn’t really like Maggie or her parents. AMAMZING twists and turns, even though the fist 70% of the book were really slow and kinda boring (just Maggie’s POV).

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