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Sto caricando le informazioni... She Is a Haunting (edizione 2023)di Trang Thanh Tran (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I really enjoy horror tales in which the house itself is the villain. The first half of the book is wonderful, spooky and mysterious, but it felt like it went on too long and then just.....ended. That being said the concept of colonialism rotting the house from the inside out was a very nuanced and unique way to tell a haunted house story. ( ) She is a Haunting follows the story of seventeen-year-old Jade Nguyen, who is spending the summer in Vietnam with her estranged father while he fixes up the family's old colonial house, in the hopes of gaining income by renting the home out to vacationers in the future. We learn very early on in the book that Jade has somewhat of an exhausting life; she constantly has to pretend to be what she's not depending on where she is and who is around. For example, when it comes to her family, she needs to pretend she's straight; when home in America she needs to be as "Americanized" as possible, and vice versa when she's in Vietnam. Even though she and her father have a strained relationship, Jade keeps reminding herself to "play nice and play house" in order to convince her dad to pay for her college tuition. In midst of Jade playing pretend to satisfy those around her, she begins to experience supernatural things in the house; she suffers from sleep paralysis, finds bug parts all over the house, sees ghosts and endures warnings from her ancestors. This book was interesting, in that the "horror" aspect was creepy enough to keep me reading, but the fleshing out of the main character, and character development in general, wasn't exactly stellar. I think this book would be enjoyable for high school students who are fans of the horror genre, and I do think that a great selling point to this story is Jade's bisexuality and the pressure that her Vietnamese heritage puts on her to be a certain way. Jade agrees to go to Vietnam to help her estranged Dad open up a new house he is renovating on the promise of some funds for college. But the house is haunted by two ghosts. One Vietnamese woman and one a colonial woman and with the help of Florence, jade is determined to stop her Dad opening the House and its possession of him and her sister. There are creepy insects, visions and twists - is the friendly ghost actually friendly? in this foreboding tale of stifling colonial takeover, racism and haunting in the oppressive heat of Vietnam. A top notch horror read for anyone who has been to Asia and experienced the unfriendly horrors of its past. Great reading. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This house eats and is eaten . . . "A riveting debut from a remarkable new voice! Trang Thanh Tran weaves an impressive gothic mystery in which Jade's father is determined to restore a decrepit home to its former glory and Jade is the only person who feels the soul-crushing devastation of colonialism lingering within its walls." —Angeline Boulley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Firekeeper's Daughter A House with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic . When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She's always lied to fit in, so if she's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised. But the house has other plans. Night after night, Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they don't belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade can't ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves cryptic warnings: Don't eat. Neither Ba nor her sweet sister Lily believe that there is anything strange happening. With help from a delinquent girl, Jade will prove this house—the home they have always wanted—will not rest until it destroys them. Maybe, this time, she can keep her family together. As she roots out the house's rot, she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must become to save them all. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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