Ira Levin 1972
- What it is
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A small town hiding secrets · properly scary
- Genre
- Science fiction Horror Humor
- Feels
- Chilling Morally grey Unsettling Wry Tense
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A reader shelved it with yours in Houses that close around the woman inside
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A reader shelved it with yours in Houses that close around the woman inside
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Properly scary · horror in the countryside, with old rites
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You read it holding your breath · you'll keep turning it over for days
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