Comments on: We Have Always Lived in the Castle http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/ Just a girl who lives on books… Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Imbibing Cautiously | Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-9815 Imbibing Cautiously | Paperback Reader Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:33:31 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-9815 [...] material for the challenge was The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson.  I read both We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House by Jackson during last year’s R.I.P. and I have been saving [...] [...] material for the challenge was The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson.  I read both We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House by Jackson during last year’s R.I.P. and I have been saving [...]

]]> By: Claire’s Corner | Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Claire’s Corner | Paperback Reader Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:19:45 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2578 [...] (I also love a novel shrouded in controversy).  The most memorable unreliable narrator I have read recently is Merricat in We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and I am surprised that she [...] [...] (I also love a novel shrouded in controversy).  The most memorable unreliable narrator I have read recently is Merricat in We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and I am surprised that she [...]

]]> By: Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 Paperback Reader Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:52 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2577 Thomas, I sent the reading instructions telepathically. I hate having a book spoiled. Thomas, I sent the reading instructions telepathically. I hate having a book spoiled.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 Thomas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:18:45 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2576 I am so glad I took your advice and didn't read the blurb on the back of the book. But since this is first I have read your review of this book, I must have been channeling you. I am so glad I took your advice and didn't read the blurb on the back of the book. But since this is first I have read your review of this book, I must have been channeling you.

]]> By: Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Paperback Reader Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:32:06 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2575 Hi Heather, thanks for commenting. This was definitely a great book and I really enjoyed it, despite the uneasiness. It is subtly crafted and one that is deserving of more accolades. Hi Heather, thanks for commenting. This was definitely a great book and I really enjoyed it, despite the uneasiness. It is subtly crafted and one that is deserving of more accolades.

]]> By: Heather @ Book Addiction http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Heather @ Book Addiction Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:14:07 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2574 I thought this book was pretty awesome, and your review was great too! I agree that "uneasy" is the best way to describe how the book made me feel. I thought this book was pretty awesome, and your review was great too! I agree that "uneasy" is the best way to describe how the book made me feel.

]]> By: Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Paperback Reader Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:35:59 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2573 It is very good, anothercookie, and shamefully unknown here in the UK. It is very good, anothercookie, and shamefully unknown here in the UK.

]]> By: anothercookiecrumbles http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 anothercookiecrumbles Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:30:46 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2572 Love the title, and although I've never heard of the book, it sounds fantastic. Love the title, and although I've never heard of the book, it sounds fantastic.

]]> By: Paperback Reader http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2571 Paperback Reader Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:41:45 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2571 Rebecca, this is certainly less disturbing and horrific that "The Lottery" but has subtle similarities in the cruelty of the villagers. After reading "The Lottery" I was on tenterhooks expecting something truly horrible occurring (like Merricat's cat, Jonas being killed! Luckily nothing like that happened).<br /><br />Cath, intense is definitely an adjective that best summarises it. I'm looking forward to reading what you think of her other stories and I will succumb to the temptation of buying the Penguin volume at some point. Rebecca, this is certainly less disturbing and horrific that "The Lottery" but has subtle similarities in the cruelty of the villagers. After reading "The Lottery" I was on tenterhooks expecting something truly horrible occurring (like Merricat's cat, Jonas being killed! Luckily nothing like that happened).

Cath, intense is definitely an adjective that best summarises it. I'm looking forward to reading what you think of her other stories and I will succumb to the temptation of buying the Penguin volume at some point.

]]> By: Cath http://www.paperback-reader.co.uk/2009/10/08/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-2570 Cath Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:54:07 +0000 http://paperback-reader.co.uk/?p=867#comment-2570 You captured the essence of this book perfectly. It's a one-off and that's for certain. Not quite as shocking as The Lottery but more intense perhaps. I need to find The Haunting of Hill House now, but in the meantime have a volume of her short stories on my library pile. You captured the essence of this book perfectly. It's a one-off and that's for certain. Not quite as shocking as The Lottery but more intense perhaps. I need to find The Haunting of Hill House now, but in the meantime have a volume of her short stories on my library pile.

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