I stay away from horror as it affects my dreams, so I may be more sensitive to this than other bloggers, but Nora Roberts’ The Mirror, the second book in The Lost Bride Trilogy, is a bit too creepy for me. It is billed as Romantic Suspense and Paranormal Romance, but there are too many elements of horror, at least for me. I will be reviewing it soon.
How about you? Any books turn out more “creepy” than you expected?
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6 thoughts on “Book Blogger Hop: Creepy Novels”
Whether I like a creepy novel depends on how well it is written and the mood I’m in, Bonnie. If you don’t like them, you can avoid reading them.
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I don’t like horror, but I do like magical realism and paranormal, so sometimes what is marketed as such turns out to be horror.
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Like you, I can’t read horror as it gives me nightmares. I tried reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It’s labelled post-apocalyptic but it was horror in my mind and gave me nightmares for years.
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I’ve not read that and now I know to steer clear. The difference for me is magical realism or paranormal have ghosts who need help or want to solve a mystery. Ghosts in horror are evil and can possess or kill you.
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Lolita immediately springs to mind, although I did expect it to be creepy.
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Ooh! Yes, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. She has an unsettling way of writing in general.
Whether I like a creepy novel depends on how well it is written and the mood I’m in, Bonnie. If you don’t like them, you can avoid reading them.
I don’t like horror, but I do like magical realism and paranormal, so sometimes what is marketed as such turns out to be horror.
Like you, I can’t read horror as it gives me nightmares. I tried reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It’s labelled post-apocalyptic but it was horror in my mind and gave me nightmares for years.
I’ve not read that and now I know to steer clear. The difference for me is magical realism or paranormal have ghosts who need help or want to solve a mystery. Ghosts in horror are evil and can possess or kill you.
Lolita immediately springs to mind, although I did expect it to be creepy.
Ooh! Yes, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. She has an unsettling way of writing in general.