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of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 11/6/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 11/6/2017 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this softcover at the Book Cellar. It inspired a 2005 film directed by Terry Gilliam.
Later: Having read the book, I'm amazed that it inspired a film by anybody but Alfred Hitchcock {wry grin}; it's a bizarre and often-gruesome tale of a lonely, imaginative child who finds herself alone after the sudden death of her father - and whose actions regarding the body make up some highly disturbing portions of the narrative. At first I was intrigued by the references to bog bodies - her father told her of those uncannily-preserved remains, and the imagery haunted her - but as the story wound on, and young Jeliza-Rose discovered just what her neighbor was up to, the story got VERY dark indeed. Fond as I am of horror stories, this one, child-centered and tragic, was just... disturbing, and not in an enjoyable way. (I should probably add that I never cared for dolls, so the whole bit about her interactions with her fragmentary dolls put me off even more than the fun-with-corpses bits.)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the film, with some references to the novel.]
Later: Having read the book, I'm amazed that it inspired a film by anybody but Alfred Hitchcock {wry grin}; it's a bizarre and often-gruesome tale of a lonely, imaginative child who finds herself alone after the sudden death of her father - and whose actions regarding the body make up some highly disturbing portions of the narrative. At first I was intrigued by the references to bog bodies - her father told her of those uncannily-preserved remains, and the imagery haunted her - but as the story wound on, and young Jeliza-Rose discovered just what her neighbor was up to, the story got VERY dark indeed. Fond as I am of horror stories, this one, child-centered and tragic, was just... disturbing, and not in an enjoyable way. (I should probably add that I never cared for dolls, so the whole bit about her interactions with her fragmentary dolls put me off even more than the fun-with-corpses bits.)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the film, with some references to the novel.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Emerald Dr in Dracut, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, March 18, 2018
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Emerald Dr in Dracut, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, March 18, 2018
Released 2 yrs ago (3/18/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library, Emerald Dr in Dracut, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the snowbound Little Free Library on this bright, chilly day; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2018 Four Elements Release Challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2018 Movie release challenge. ***
