Review: The Fall

My Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

     I was extremely excited to read The Fall, especially because lately I kept seeing and reading about it everywhere. The synopsis seemed interesting, the cover is nice and it is labeled a horror book. I don't usually read horror books but I absolutely love horror movies, therefore I was excited to read such a book.

     However, my enthusiasm was cut short. This book was awful. I didn't like it one bit. I think that it was the worst book that I have ever read. It was way too long and much too boring. To make myself absolutely clear, nothing happens in this book. Absolutely nothing.

      Meet Madeline Usher, who lives in a haunted house. A house that lives under a curse which practically forces her to live there, without ever being able to leave. And that's about it with this book. Basically, everything that happens in it is Madeline saying "this house is haunted", "this house is cursed", "I cannot leave this house", "I should not upset the house."

     I can't even begin to say how frustrating it is. I don't even know why I read it all. I guess that I kept expecting and hoping that something would actually happen, but nothing did. Madeline also has a brother, Roderick. They are twins, but he doesn't seem to believe or be affected by the house too much. Can you believe that the most interesting thing about this book is that there's an almost incest idea in it?

      I am extremely disappointed. I must say that when I started reading it, I was pretty pumped up, thinking that this book will be awesome and that it will make the hairs on my arms rise. It did not. I don't even know why this book is categorized as horror, because I think that even the story about the big bad wolf that stalks a little girl is scarier than this.

     I am stunned that I actually managed to finish reading it. I really regret wasting my time on it, but I guess not all the books that you read are good. I honestly don't recommend reading this book to anyone. I think it's best that you stay away from it. It's, unfortunately, a waste of time.