Though my curiosity of Rochester's motives to act the way he did wasn't fully satisfied I loved the writing style. The atmosphere of the West Indies was skillfully created without long descriptions. I could feel the pressing heat and smell the flowers and picking up small connections with Jane Eyre was interesting because these two are interwoven in a lot of different ways. I can't explain it properly but it was a bit dreamlike, especially the third part.

Um, I'm torn with this one. The movie is stunning but this kind of bored me. Sure, it occasionally has beautiful prose but that's about it. For me the characters didn't become alive and interesting enough. But for the story alone I think it's worth reading.

Begins with Death describing colours. The whole idea of him/her/it narrating the story was brilliant. Some of the readers have experienced problems with the foreshadowing of events but to me it added the melancholy of the book and therefore made it better. It made me appreciate the time the characters still had together and hold onto things which I would have bypassed otherwise. Wonderful novel. Heartbreaking yet warm.

When I heard there would be a British folk horror movie set in the 70s, I thought I'd read the book while waiting for the post-festival release date. Drizzly weather, a chunky knit, tea, and woolly socks, and I was all set.

I like subtlety, but too much of it, and the impact is lost. "The Murmuring" was one of my favorites in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities because it had a beautiful balance. The island scenery, peaceful bird-watching, and the whirring tape recorder became a backdrop for the supernatural and the tragedy of the living.

In terms of horror, Starve Acre is very subtle to the point of veering into a family drama about grief, and the ending is also a bit of an anticlimax. Maybe I'm too used to weird things, but I just thought: "Did I really read 200 pages for this?". A good story, but not as creepy as I had hoped. The movie has gotten good reviews, though, so I'm still excited about it.