Brent Monahan (1948–2023)
Autore di The Bell Witch: An American Haunting
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by Caitlin Monahan
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Monahan, Brent Jeffrey
- Data di nascita
- 1948-06-28
- Data di morte
- 2023-08-31
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
Japan (birth during U.S. occupation) - Luogo di nascita
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Luogo di morte
- West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Japan
Bronx, New York, USA
Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
Hamilton Square, New Jersey, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Belle Meade, New Jersey, USA (mostra tutto 7)
Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA - Istruzione
- Rutgers College, Rutgers University (BA, MA | Music)
Indiana University (DMA | Vocal pedagogy) - Attività lavorative
- vocalist
television writer
marketing specialist
vocal trainer
faculty trainer
author (mostra tutto 7)
marketing executive - Organizzazioni
- Rutgers University
Norman Borlaug University
eCollege.com
Peterson Guides
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The Bell Witch: An American Haunting di Brent Monahan
I like reading up on urban legends and American folklore so I was hopeful this would be a fun, creepy read. Although there are moments that should have been scary, the text was just too dry for it to confer the feelings of spine-tingling fright. The legend was an interesting story but could have been told in a more tangible, relatable way.
Interesting & unconventional vampire story.
The book is structured such that roughly half is from the point of view of Vincent DeVilbiss (a vampire) & roughly half Simon Penn (a librarian). I tended to prefer the parts that focused on Vincent - partly because I found the vampire lore interesting, partly because I did not like Simon. While Simon's actions did help drive the story along, I found the way that he treated Frederika (a woman caught between the two men) to be quite creepy, so much so that I considered giving up on reading the book at certain points. That's not to say that Vincent was perfect, but I found it very hard to root for Simon (despite it seeming that I was supposed to)
The ending got very exciting. However I thought that some of its details came out of nowhere, & felt like a cheap way for the author to get to his desired ending.
Overall, not bad, but I don't plan on seeking out the sequel.… (altro)
The book is structured such that roughly half is from the point of view of Vincent DeVilbiss (a vampire) & roughly half Simon Penn (a librarian). I tended to prefer the parts that focused on Vincent - partly because I found the vampire lore interesting, partly because I did not like Simon. While Simon's actions did help drive the story along, I found the way that he treated Frederika (a woman caught between the two men) to be quite creepy, so much so that I considered giving up on reading the book at certain points. That's not to say that Vincent was perfect, but I found it very hard to root for Simon (despite it seeming that I was supposed to)
The ending got very exciting. However I thought that some of its details came out of nowhere, & felt like a cheap way for the author to get to his desired ending.
Overall, not bad, but I don't plan on seeking out the sequel.… (altro)
4.5 stars
A well written, surprisingly entertaining fictional telling of The Bell Witch Haunting, a poltergeist which was purportedly well documented during the period between 1818 and 1823. The poltergeist drew notoriety and a future U.S. president with its antics and eventually led to the death of John Bell, the head of the family. Told from Richard Powell's, Betsy Bell's future husband, point of view, the story starts with a curse laid on John Bell by a lady named Kate Batts and quickly develops into a story about a young girl and her father tormented by the poltergeist called Old Kate.
The author takes a lot of liberties in his storytelling (and is up front about it on his website), but the basic information conforms to the above Bell Witch site.Looking over the character bios on this site leads me to think that, even given that women did marry early (12 or 13 years old) to men who were often a good deal older (basic economics?), some of the players in the original story were, in fact, just dirty old men. That's the conclusion the author seems to draw any way and I kinda agree. … (altro)
A well written, surprisingly entertaining fictional telling of The Bell Witch Haunting, a poltergeist which was purportedly well documented during the period between 1818 and 1823. The poltergeist drew notoriety and a future U.S. president with its antics and eventually led to the death of John Bell, the head of the family. Told from Richard Powell's, Betsy Bell's future husband, point of view, the story starts with a curse laid on John Bell by a lady named Kate Batts and quickly develops into a story about a young girl and her father tormented by the poltergeist called Old Kate.
The author takes a lot of liberties in his storytelling (and is up front about it on his website), but the basic information conforms to the above Bell Witch site.
The book is written as one long chapter without any real breaks which makes it very difficult to read without sitting down and reading it in one sitting. Other than that I only have personal issues with the book and the ending to the story but this is not a reflection on the book or the author. It was a decent read.
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- Voto
- 3.3
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- ISBN
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