Home Before Dark
"Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share.
Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her father recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His story of supernatural happenings and malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.
Maggie was too young to remember any of the horrific events that supposedly took place, and as an adult she doesn’t believe a word of her father’s claims. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When she inherits Baneberry Hall after his death and returns to renovate the place and sell it, her homecoming is anything but warm. The locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous, and human characters with starring roles in House of Horrors are waiting in the shadows.
Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place where unsettling whispers of the past lurk around every corner. And as Maggie starts to experience strange occurrences ripped from the pages of her father’s book, the truth she uncovers about the house’s dark history will challenge everything she believes."
Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal her father recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His story of supernatural happenings and malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.
Maggie was too young to remember any of the horrific events that supposedly took place, and as an adult she doesn’t believe a word of her father’s claims. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When she inherits Baneberry Hall after his death and returns to renovate the place and sell it, her homecoming is anything but warm. The locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous, and human characters with starring roles in House of Horrors are waiting in the shadows.
Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place where unsettling whispers of the past lurk around every corner. And as Maggie starts to experience strange occurrences ripped from the pages of her father’s book, the truth she uncovers about the house’s dark history will challenge everything she believes."
J'étais tombée sur ce livre grâce à un tik-tok d'une américaine qui parlait des fins auxquelles on ne s'attendait pas, évidemment, un livre paranormal/thriller où je ne trouverais pas la fin avant ? Go !
Ce livre est donc divisée en deux narrations, l'une est le présent, l'autre est le roman du père qui raconte tous les évènements surnaturels qui se sont passés dans la maison il y a 25 ans. Dans le présent, on suit la fille qui retourne dans cette dite maison, et qui veut comprendre pourquoi son père a écrit ce tas de mensonges lorsqu'elle avait cinq ans.
J'ai adoré les moments paranormaux, et je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher d'imaginer certains personnages et la maison comme ceux de The Haunting of Hill House. J'avais adoré cette série, alors que ce livre m'y fasse penser était juste un immense côté positif ! Plus l'histoire avance, plus on comprend des choses, on doute, on se dit que c'est trop gros, peut-être même cliché, mais finalement, l'auteur n'est pas bête, il ne laisse rien au hasard, n'écrit aucun détail pour rien, et chaque partie a son importance.
La fin du coup ? Gé-niale ! J'étais en mode wtf dès les premières révélations, sauf qu'une autre révélation vient après, et c'est là qu'est la surprise, et c'est ce que j'ai adoré ! Une fois la dernière page refermée, on comprend réellement chaque évènement qui a pu se passer dans cette maison. Moi qui ne connaissait pas cet auteur, je n'hésiterai pas à acheter un autre de ces livres lorsque j'aurais envie de frissons et de surprises !
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