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Crimson Peak
When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever.Ìý
Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro.
Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2015
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Nancy Holder
356Ìýbooks2,406ÌýfollowersNancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.
Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.
Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.
She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.
She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.
She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.
She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.
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May 3, 2016I am sooooooo disappointed by the missed opportunity involved in the publisher not listing the author as "Edith Cushing."
September 24, 2017
I'll start by saying that I loved the movie. I'm a big fan of both Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska. Not to mention I'm a huge fan of horror movies, so mix the three together, and I am most pleased.
This was my first movie novelization and I liked it a lot. There are many nuances that are missed with a movie. The book brings more depth to the characters, their feelings and their growth.
Also, we get to see inside the past of Thomas and Lucille Sharpe. We find out what their parents had been like. Although Lucille has no excuse at the end of the day, we learn what turned her insane and made her the despicable person she is.
So, if you liked the movie, you should definitely give the novelization a try. And if you read the book first, go check out the movie. The special effects are simply amazing!
January 12, 2019
¿Qué puedo decir? Me encantan las novelas góticas, con historia romántica incluida y, realmente, este libro me ha gustado más que estas tres estrellas, pero la traducción es pésima.
March 3, 2023
Me ha gustado mucho mas de lo esperado,, pensaba.... romance gótico?? seguro que hay pasteleo... y no, craso error. ES mas una novela de terror, si es que Guillermo no me defrauda...
MagnÃfica ambientación de los páramos desolados de Cumbria, he sentido todo el frÃo y el terreno arcilloso (creo que me he manchado estando en casa de arcilla jajaja).
La descripción de la casa también genial. ES mi 5º Guillermo y no me han decepcionado ninguno.
Valoración: 7.5/10 Tengo ahora ganas de ver la pelÃcula.
Sinopsis: Ambientada en el siglo XIX, en la remota y montañosa región de Cumbria, al norte de Inglaterra, La cumbre escarlata sigue a la joven escritora Edith Cushing, quien descubre que su nuevo y encantador esposo, Sir Thomas Sharpe, no es quien parece ser. Tras este descubrimiento, ella penetrará cada vez más en un ambiente de pesadilla, en el que el pasado cobra vida y transforma la realidad en una pesadilla.
MagnÃfica ambientación de los páramos desolados de Cumbria, he sentido todo el frÃo y el terreno arcilloso (creo que me he manchado estando en casa de arcilla jajaja).
La descripción de la casa también genial. ES mi 5º Guillermo y no me han decepcionado ninguno.
Valoración: 7.5/10 Tengo ahora ganas de ver la pelÃcula.
Sinopsis: Ambientada en el siglo XIX, en la remota y montañosa región de Cumbria, al norte de Inglaterra, La cumbre escarlata sigue a la joven escritora Edith Cushing, quien descubre que su nuevo y encantador esposo, Sir Thomas Sharpe, no es quien parece ser. Tras este descubrimiento, ella penetrará cada vez más en un ambiente de pesadilla, en el que el pasado cobra vida y transforma la realidad en una pesadilla.
November 20, 2018
Por muy raro que sea, este libro es la versión novelada de una pelÃcula asombrosa y que contó un con presupuesto gigantesco y por eso me parece tan fuera de lo común que en este caso el libró superó a la versión cinematográfica.
Primero porque la versión original es la pelÃcula y es un poco abrumador para mi que el libro le gane, tanto en descripciones, elementos y trama, aunque la otra versión no le pide nada, porque está muy buena también.
Aunque la verdad es: prefiero el libro y me dejó una impresión excelente, es decir, la pelÃcula es increÃble y me encantó posee todo lo que me gusta pero el libro contó la historia un poco diferente y me gustó más.
Primero porque la versión original es la pelÃcula y es un poco abrumador para mi que el libro le gane, tanto en descripciones, elementos y trama, aunque la otra versión no le pide nada, porque está muy buena también.
Aunque la verdad es: prefiero el libro y me dejó una impresión excelente, es decir, la pelÃcula es increÃble y me encantó posee todo lo que me gusta pero el libro contó la historia un poco diferente y me gustó más.
November 21, 2022
Ghosts are real, that much I know. I've seen them all my life..
Crimson Peak is one of my favourite movies, so I was intrigued when I saw this novelization of it. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying it quite a bit. It's not as good as the film, and no description ever quite captures the beauty of what you see on screen -- in particular, the house is much more oppressive, eerie and stunning in the film, and the way it seems to bleed and breathe is more told than shown here, so lacks the same impact-- but this is still a decent adaptation. I don't know if it would work as well if you haven't seen the film, because I was filling in a lot of imagery myself, and picturing the actors performances as I read.
There were a few moments where things felt a little stilted, or when the thoughts of Edith felt out of place, too modern (in terms of language) for 1886. This was mainly in the first few chapters, and would jolt me out the reading experience.
At times this book really highlighted how powerful a single second, a brief shot, can be. It doesn't always transfer, and I think some tension is lost. Despite these quibbles, I had a nice time reading this. The final third worked especially well for me, and despite knowing the ending, I found myself staying awake to finish, which is always a good sign that a book is doing something right!
But the horror... The horror was for love. The things we do for love like this are ugly, mad, full of sweat and regret. This love burns you and maims you and twists you inside out. It is a monstrous love and it makes monsters of us all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 16, 2016
MY BLOG:
Love.
Death.
Ghosts.
The world was drenched in blood.
A scarlet fog veiled the killing ground, then dripped down through the greedy, starved mineshafts into the tortured vats of claret clay that bubbled and gasped on the filthy, bone-white tile. Crimson earth seeped back up through the walls of mud. Allerdale Hall was ringed with brilliant red---a stain that clawed toward Edith's bare feet.
But that was the least of her troubles.
Hell's own child was coming for her. Implacable, unstoppable, a creature fueled by madness and rage, that had maimed and murdered and would kill again, unless Edith struck first. But she was weak, coughing up blood and stumbling and this monster had already claimed other lives--other souls--stronger and heartier than hers.
Snowflakes blinded Edith's swollen cornflower-blue eyes; red droplets specked her golden hair. Her right cheek had been sliced open; the hem of her gauzy nightgown had soaked up the blood, rot, and the gore.
I saw this movie a few days ago and had to buy the book and I am going to buy the movie when the price goes down. I loved them both, I don't care what anyone else thinks, they made me happy because they were so good and creepy. Plus, I wanted to smack some sense into people!
All Edith Cushing wanted to do was to become a writer, but she was turned down because she is a woman. And it was her understanding the man that turned her down believed that women should only write about love which infuriated Edith as she wants to write what she wants. She is a woman without means as her father, Carter Cushing, was very wealthy as he was a builder of beautiful buildings. Unfortunately, this caught the attention of one Sir Thomas Sharpe and he began to woo her. YES WOO!
This was frowned upon by Edith's father and her long time family friend since she was a child, Dr. Alan McMichael. Alan was secretly in love with Edith, but he was too close of a friend for her to be interested. Edith's father and Alan didn't think something was quite right with Mr. Sharpe and they were right!
Edith can also see ghosts which would be cool in a way. When Edith was child and her mother died her mother visited her one night (scaring her to death of course) to warn her....
But seconds later, as she turned on her side, she went absolutely rigid with shock. She felt the decaying hand wrap around her shoulder, smelled the damp earth of the grave, and heard the desiccated lips, a hoarse distortion of the voice she had known better than her own as it whispered in her ear:
"My child, when the time comes, beware of Crimson Peak."
If Edith only knew what that meant at the time! :-(
Edith's father paid off Mr. Sharpe and his sister Lucille so they would go away and leave Edith be....but.... that didn't really work. They made a show of leaving and Lucille did head back to Allerdale Hall at one point, but Thomas didn't leave without Edith. AND, Edith's father was brutally murdered. They didn't call it murder at the time but Alan had his reservations about the final report. None of it mattered for Thomas got what he wanted.
Sir Thomas's arm was around her, which would have been a breach of propriety had they not been affianced. It was all too soon, under circumstances too horrible to comprehend, and perhaps he was looking through the prism of his jealousy, but when he regarded the way Sir Thomas held Edith, it seemed that the man was determined to keep her in his grasp rather than to ease her suffering. She looked trapped, not protected.
Then Sir Thomas noticed his gaze and held it, steadily. It was an unspoken duel. Edith saw none of it. Alan knew that he had already lost, and so he tipped his hat, as one would do under such a circumstance to salute a grieving relative of the deceased. Encumbered by umbrella and fiance, Sir Thomas as unable to return the gesture, and so, inclined his head.
So now it's welcome to your nightmare my darling bride!
and nightmares Edith did have at her new home..living nightmares. She had a few different ghosts peeping in on her and checking out the new bride.
and a nice little tip, if you hear things in the hall or other places, don't go looking!
"You silly dog," she chided, but there was a quaver in her voice. She was fighting to stay brave. "How did you get locked out?"
She reached her hand around the knob and pulled--
--as, behind her, the little dog barked. She startled, then turned to see it--
--and behind the door, a linen closet, not a room; and crowded in, something, something, something crimson--
--whimpered; it whimpered and scratched incessantly.
Of course it saw; of course it knew what it was:
Rolling eyes, a clacking jaw, scarlet fear, a ruby-red woman shape, scratching with fingers of bone. A trail of brilliant, fresh blood floated up toward the top of the closet, defying space just as the monstrous apparition defied time.
But it wanted, need to be seen; it was wild for her to turn her head back from the dog. However, she did not turn. She did not see. But the door slammed shut.
All the while another ghost was watching the whole thing and thinking things in its head. Creepy! Edith pulls the door back open and finds a closet with nothing in it but containers that had recordings on them, these come out later in the book and the movie.
And then... when you think your over the closet thing....
From the floor, pulling itself out, a specter of purest scarlet, a grotesque revenant, emerged painfully, struggling, sucking its essence through the floor: the spine first, like taffy, then the back of the head while an arm withdrew as from a viscous, sticky sludge. Bright red bones stretched in unnatural shapes, weirdly, wrongly jointed; the hand slapped down as if for leverage, purchase. Every part of it red; the second arm raising upward, digging itself out. And as the bride stared, paralyzed in horror, it began to crawl toward her. Faceless, scuttling. Implacable, coming to her, at her, for her.
The dog had the right idea and cut a rug out of there!
At some point, Edith starts to realize that things are just not right in the place. Her husband acts weird, her sister-in-law acts weird and she finds out that there were three other brides and they were all killed and she is being poisoned as well. She starts trying to make her escape.
Meanwhile, Alan can't get the idea out of his head that things are wrong. He talks to Edith's lawyer and they both agree, also a hired man brings him some old papers showing where the Sharpe's mother was brutally killed. He then decides he's going to get Edith. She has already had papers sent over to sign all of her money into helping Thomas with his home and business, we see what's going on now.
When Alan gets there he finds Edith with a broken leg from trying to escape the horrible Sharpe's. But... Thomas has started to have feelings for Edith and tries to help, his sister was the killer all along. She stabs Alan and then Thomas pretends to stab him again while whispering some things to him. Edith makes a mad dash away, Alan gets hidden, and crazy ass Lucille kills Thomas. Yeah, she's a nut job. But she gets hers when she goes to kill Edith and Thomas ghost shows up to help her in a sense.
Edith takes Lucille down and her ghost is trapped inside the home forever or until it is torn down I guess. Oh and the creepy ghosts, they were just trying to help Edith figure things out. She finally figured that out but damn, it's hard to think something looking like those ghosts are trying to help you. I would have died on the spot. There is a lot more things to the story but read it and watch it for yourself. Oh and they called the place Crimson Peak because the clay would come up through the ground in the snow and make it blood red.
I do believe that Alan lived and they all lived happily ever after, but they just show them getting help from the town, I just added the happy ever after :-)
And the ghost of Lucille Sharpe, alone, all alone forever, seated at the piano in the unforgiving cold. Playing the first note of the lullaby.
Love.
Death.
Ghosts.
The world was drenched in blood.
A scarlet fog veiled the killing ground, then dripped down through the greedy, starved mineshafts into the tortured vats of claret clay that bubbled and gasped on the filthy, bone-white tile. Crimson earth seeped back up through the walls of mud. Allerdale Hall was ringed with brilliant red---a stain that clawed toward Edith's bare feet.
But that was the least of her troubles.
Hell's own child was coming for her. Implacable, unstoppable, a creature fueled by madness and rage, that had maimed and murdered and would kill again, unless Edith struck first. But she was weak, coughing up blood and stumbling and this monster had already claimed other lives--other souls--stronger and heartier than hers.
Snowflakes blinded Edith's swollen cornflower-blue eyes; red droplets specked her golden hair. Her right cheek had been sliced open; the hem of her gauzy nightgown had soaked up the blood, rot, and the gore.
I saw this movie a few days ago and had to buy the book and I am going to buy the movie when the price goes down. I loved them both, I don't care what anyone else thinks, they made me happy because they were so good and creepy. Plus, I wanted to smack some sense into people!
All Edith Cushing wanted to do was to become a writer, but she was turned down because she is a woman. And it was her understanding the man that turned her down believed that women should only write about love which infuriated Edith as she wants to write what she wants. She is a woman without means as her father, Carter Cushing, was very wealthy as he was a builder of beautiful buildings. Unfortunately, this caught the attention of one Sir Thomas Sharpe and he began to woo her. YES WOO!
This was frowned upon by Edith's father and her long time family friend since she was a child, Dr. Alan McMichael. Alan was secretly in love with Edith, but he was too close of a friend for her to be interested. Edith's father and Alan didn't think something was quite right with Mr. Sharpe and they were right!
Edith can also see ghosts which would be cool in a way. When Edith was child and her mother died her mother visited her one night (scaring her to death of course) to warn her....
But seconds later, as she turned on her side, she went absolutely rigid with shock. She felt the decaying hand wrap around her shoulder, smelled the damp earth of the grave, and heard the desiccated lips, a hoarse distortion of the voice she had known better than her own as it whispered in her ear:
"My child, when the time comes, beware of Crimson Peak."
If Edith only knew what that meant at the time! :-(
Edith's father paid off Mr. Sharpe and his sister Lucille so they would go away and leave Edith be....but.... that didn't really work. They made a show of leaving and Lucille did head back to Allerdale Hall at one point, but Thomas didn't leave without Edith. AND, Edith's father was brutally murdered. They didn't call it murder at the time but Alan had his reservations about the final report. None of it mattered for Thomas got what he wanted.
Sir Thomas's arm was around her, which would have been a breach of propriety had they not been affianced. It was all too soon, under circumstances too horrible to comprehend, and perhaps he was looking through the prism of his jealousy, but when he regarded the way Sir Thomas held Edith, it seemed that the man was determined to keep her in his grasp rather than to ease her suffering. She looked trapped, not protected.
Then Sir Thomas noticed his gaze and held it, steadily. It was an unspoken duel. Edith saw none of it. Alan knew that he had already lost, and so he tipped his hat, as one would do under such a circumstance to salute a grieving relative of the deceased. Encumbered by umbrella and fiance, Sir Thomas as unable to return the gesture, and so, inclined his head.
So now it's welcome to your nightmare my darling bride!
and nightmares Edith did have at her new home..living nightmares. She had a few different ghosts peeping in on her and checking out the new bride.
and a nice little tip, if you hear things in the hall or other places, don't go looking!
"You silly dog," she chided, but there was a quaver in her voice. She was fighting to stay brave. "How did you get locked out?"
She reached her hand around the knob and pulled--
--as, behind her, the little dog barked. She startled, then turned to see it--
--and behind the door, a linen closet, not a room; and crowded in, something, something, something crimson--
--whimpered; it whimpered and scratched incessantly.
Of course it saw; of course it knew what it was:
Rolling eyes, a clacking jaw, scarlet fear, a ruby-red woman shape, scratching with fingers of bone. A trail of brilliant, fresh blood floated up toward the top of the closet, defying space just as the monstrous apparition defied time.
But it wanted, need to be seen; it was wild for her to turn her head back from the dog. However, she did not turn. She did not see. But the door slammed shut.
All the while another ghost was watching the whole thing and thinking things in its head. Creepy! Edith pulls the door back open and finds a closet with nothing in it but containers that had recordings on them, these come out later in the book and the movie.
And then... when you think your over the closet thing....
From the floor, pulling itself out, a specter of purest scarlet, a grotesque revenant, emerged painfully, struggling, sucking its essence through the floor: the spine first, like taffy, then the back of the head while an arm withdrew as from a viscous, sticky sludge. Bright red bones stretched in unnatural shapes, weirdly, wrongly jointed; the hand slapped down as if for leverage, purchase. Every part of it red; the second arm raising upward, digging itself out. And as the bride stared, paralyzed in horror, it began to crawl toward her. Faceless, scuttling. Implacable, coming to her, at her, for her.
The dog had the right idea and cut a rug out of there!
At some point, Edith starts to realize that things are just not right in the place. Her husband acts weird, her sister-in-law acts weird and she finds out that there were three other brides and they were all killed and she is being poisoned as well. She starts trying to make her escape.
Meanwhile, Alan can't get the idea out of his head that things are wrong. He talks to Edith's lawyer and they both agree, also a hired man brings him some old papers showing where the Sharpe's mother was brutally killed. He then decides he's going to get Edith. She has already had papers sent over to sign all of her money into helping Thomas with his home and business, we see what's going on now.
When Alan gets there he finds Edith with a broken leg from trying to escape the horrible Sharpe's. But... Thomas has started to have feelings for Edith and tries to help, his sister was the killer all along. She stabs Alan and then Thomas pretends to stab him again while whispering some things to him. Edith makes a mad dash away, Alan gets hidden, and crazy ass Lucille kills Thomas. Yeah, she's a nut job. But she gets hers when she goes to kill Edith and Thomas ghost shows up to help her in a sense.
Edith takes Lucille down and her ghost is trapped inside the home forever or until it is torn down I guess. Oh and the creepy ghosts, they were just trying to help Edith figure things out. She finally figured that out but damn, it's hard to think something looking like those ghosts are trying to help you. I would have died on the spot. There is a lot more things to the story but read it and watch it for yourself. Oh and they called the place Crimson Peak because the clay would come up through the ground in the snow and make it blood red.
I do believe that Alan lived and they all lived happily ever after, but they just show them getting help from the town, I just added the happy ever after :-)
And the ghost of Lucille Sharpe, alone, all alone forever, seated at the piano in the unforgiving cold. Playing the first note of the lullaby.
April 10, 2023
4,5
Esta novela estuvo genial. TemÃa no poder despegarme de la pelÃcula, sin embargo, la novela logró destacar, e incluso agregar ciertos datos que suman muchÃsimo a la trama y que no se encuentran en la peli. Fue una lectura super amena, la disfruté muchÃsimo.
Esta novela estuvo genial. TemÃa no poder despegarme de la pelÃcula, sin embargo, la novela logró destacar, e incluso agregar ciertos datos que suman muchÃsimo a la trama y que no se encuentran en la peli. Fue una lectura super amena, la disfruté muchÃsimo.
March 2, 2023
Me lo acabé en nada! Guión escrito por Guillermo Del Toro y llevada a adaptación novelada La Cumbre Escarlata nos habla de amor en medio de fantasmas, muertes y secretos. Romance gótico muy bien ambientado con muchos de los elementos que el género pide como el lenguaje refinado, el hombre que es bateado por la dama en cuestión, el amor enfermizo provocado por un pasado de abuso y maltrato y también el toque final del último acto de amor y valentÃa para demostrar el amor que siente por la damisela en apuros. Una locura enfermiza que hace que se den actos violentos y pasiones prohibidas. Notese que me tuvo enganchadita jaja, buena lectura :D
November 2, 2015
This lushly written book serves as a wonderful companion to the visually sumptous film of the same name.
I highly recommend both book and movies as counterpoints to each other; each illuminates and expands upon the other.
The book serves to inform us a bit more about the characters relations and motivations that are hinted at in the film, but at the same time even the gorgeous prose of the novel can't quite capture the visceral feel you get when you see the red clay of Crimson Peak for the first time....
4.5 Gothic stars (rounded down) for both film and movie.
I highly recommend both book and movies as counterpoints to each other; each illuminates and expands upon the other.
The book serves to inform us a bit more about the characters relations and motivations that are hinted at in the film, but at the same time even the gorgeous prose of the novel can't quite capture the visceral feel you get when you see the red clay of Crimson Peak for the first time....
4.5 Gothic stars (rounded down) for both film and movie.
Want to read
December 21, 2015Watched the movie last night and I liked it a lot !!!
Perhaps I should read this version very soon.
Perhaps I should read this version very soon.
May 10, 2018
So this might be more of a rant than a review. Be warned.
I love Guillermo Del Toro’s style and aesthetic: he’s a romantic and a Lovecraft fan who is not afraid of bloodshed, and it’s awesome! I also love a good Gothic story, so naturally when “Crimson Peak� came out, I was all over it. Tom Hiddleston was even added in as a bonus! I enjoyed it immensely and remember thinking what a great book this story could be: what an opportunity to dig more into the Sharpe family history, explore Edith’s childhood in turn-of-the-century Buffalo� All these amazing little details that would have made this creepy, weirdly sexy movie into a novel I could have stayed up all night to read with glee.
So I guess I had high expectations for the novelization� and they were horribly disappointed. When the decision was made to novelize this movie, how come no one thought “It would be so cool to publish the book as if Edith Cushing had written it!�? You know, as is hinted at the end of the film! How come it never crossed the writer’s mind to at least try and make the book sound like it was written in the 1910’s? There was no shortage of good books written around that time that they could inspire themselves from� The shifts in narration (from the third person narrative, to Edith’s recollection and then to the point of view of the� house?) are awkward, a lot of emphasis is put on the romantic aspect � but in a really juvenile and cliched way that takes all the fun out of it.
We do eventually get a bit more about the Sharpe’s upbringing and the effect it had on them, especially Lucille � and while I was glad to see the relationship between Edith and Alan a bit more fleshed out, it was done in such a trite way that it just made me roll my eyes. We know he loves her, we’ve known from the first page, so it’s not really necessary to repeat it every 10 pages, is it?
To cut this rant short, I flipped through this clumsily written mess, wishing I could be watching the movie instead. Blerch!
I love Guillermo Del Toro’s style and aesthetic: he’s a romantic and a Lovecraft fan who is not afraid of bloodshed, and it’s awesome! I also love a good Gothic story, so naturally when “Crimson Peak� came out, I was all over it. Tom Hiddleston was even added in as a bonus! I enjoyed it immensely and remember thinking what a great book this story could be: what an opportunity to dig more into the Sharpe family history, explore Edith’s childhood in turn-of-the-century Buffalo� All these amazing little details that would have made this creepy, weirdly sexy movie into a novel I could have stayed up all night to read with glee.
So I guess I had high expectations for the novelization� and they were horribly disappointed. When the decision was made to novelize this movie, how come no one thought “It would be so cool to publish the book as if Edith Cushing had written it!�? You know, as is hinted at the end of the film! How come it never crossed the writer’s mind to at least try and make the book sound like it was written in the 1910’s? There was no shortage of good books written around that time that they could inspire themselves from� The shifts in narration (from the third person narrative, to Edith’s recollection and then to the point of view of the� house?) are awkward, a lot of emphasis is put on the romantic aspect � but in a really juvenile and cliched way that takes all the fun out of it.
We do eventually get a bit more about the Sharpe’s upbringing and the effect it had on them, especially Lucille � and while I was glad to see the relationship between Edith and Alan a bit more fleshed out, it was done in such a trite way that it just made me roll my eyes. We know he loves her, we’ve known from the first page, so it’s not really necessary to repeat it every 10 pages, is it?
To cut this rant short, I flipped through this clumsily written mess, wishing I could be watching the movie instead. Blerch!
November 23, 2015
3.5 me ayudó a entender varias cosas que no me quedaron claras en la pelÃcula :)
October 26, 2018
Situada en a mediados del siglo XIX, en pleno apogeo de la revolución industrial, La cumbre escarlata (en inglés: Crimson Peak) narra la historia de la joven y hermosa Edith Cushing, una escritora, hija de uno de los industriales más ricos de Buffalo, en Nueva York. Los sueños de Edith y su concepción de que es el esfuerzo personal y no los privilegios hereditarios los que le dan valor a una persona, la llevan a estar en constante fricción con la élite de la ciudad, que con frecuencia la tacha de rebelde.
Sin embargo, la llegada de Sir Thomas Sharpe y su hermana Lucille a Buffalo en busca de inversión para su negocio familiar, empiezan a generar confusión en Edith al sentirse atraÃda hacia el aristócrata europeo. Prefiriendo a Sharpe, Edith decide dejar todos sus sueños atrás y seguir a Sir Thomas hasta Allerdale Hall, la magnifica y peculiar mansión de los Sharpe ubicada en Cumbria, Inglaterra.
A partir de allÃ, Edith empezará a descubrir cada uno de los secretos que encierran Thomas y Lucille en la mansión, mientras intenta lidiar con los fantasmas que la acosan desde niña y que intentan prevenirla de “La Cumbre Escarlataâ€�.
Guión escrito por Guillermo Del Toro y llevada a adaptación novelada de la mano de Nancy Holder, La Cumbre Escarlata nos habla de amor en medio de fantasmas, muertes y secretos.
Este libro de romance gótico contiene muchos elementos de los clásicos, como el lenguaje refinado, el pretendiente fallido y el último acto de demostración de afecto, para agrupar en conjunto un amor tortuoso, combinado con pasado cruel y abusivo, una locura enfermiza por lo prohibido y actos criminales violentos.
La Cumbre Escarlata es una historia de misterio y fantasÃa, que sabe mantener enganchado al lector de principio a fin, y cada vez que descubra algún secreto, siempre podrá descubrir algo mas atroz y te hará plantearte la siguiente pregunta: ¿hasta qué punto nos puede llevar el amor?
Sin embargo, la llegada de Sir Thomas Sharpe y su hermana Lucille a Buffalo en busca de inversión para su negocio familiar, empiezan a generar confusión en Edith al sentirse atraÃda hacia el aristócrata europeo. Prefiriendo a Sharpe, Edith decide dejar todos sus sueños atrás y seguir a Sir Thomas hasta Allerdale Hall, la magnifica y peculiar mansión de los Sharpe ubicada en Cumbria, Inglaterra.
A partir de allÃ, Edith empezará a descubrir cada uno de los secretos que encierran Thomas y Lucille en la mansión, mientras intenta lidiar con los fantasmas que la acosan desde niña y que intentan prevenirla de “La Cumbre Escarlataâ€�.
Guión escrito por Guillermo Del Toro y llevada a adaptación novelada de la mano de Nancy Holder, La Cumbre Escarlata nos habla de amor en medio de fantasmas, muertes y secretos.
Este libro de romance gótico contiene muchos elementos de los clásicos, como el lenguaje refinado, el pretendiente fallido y el último acto de demostración de afecto, para agrupar en conjunto un amor tortuoso, combinado con pasado cruel y abusivo, una locura enfermiza por lo prohibido y actos criminales violentos.
La Cumbre Escarlata es una historia de misterio y fantasÃa, que sabe mantener enganchado al lector de principio a fin, y cada vez que descubra algún secreto, siempre podrá descubrir algo mas atroz y te hará plantearte la siguiente pregunta: ¿hasta qué punto nos puede llevar el amor?
February 11, 2016
5 stars
Very good book. Watched the movie with a friend and loved it. Would recommend people to see the movie and read the movie novelization.
Also, happy birthday Tom Hiddleston!!!
Very good book. Watched the movie with a friend and loved it. Would recommend people to see the movie and read the movie novelization.
Also, happy birthday Tom Hiddleston!!!
November 4, 2018
Love this movie novelization as much as the movie! 💜
November 5, 2015
4 stars!
I don't really read novelized versions of movies but I had to read this one because of how obsessed I was with the film. This book really complemented the film in many ways. I loved being in Thomas' head as well as Alan's. I thought when I first started this book it would just be in Edith's but nope! We even got a ghost's POV.
I really, really loved this story. Many of you know I love tortured souls in my characters but Thomas and his sister Lucille were twisted beyond repair. I felt so much sadness for them in the film but this book just amplified it. We get some of their trying childhood and just a small glimpse of the abuse they suffered from their parents.
We also get to see the hold Lucille has on her brother and how she minimizes his worth to fit her needs. I loved reading about his developing feelings for Edith and how she was his, 'light'.
Nancy Holder retold this story really well. Her writing was phenomenal. I felt like I was sucked into the world of Allerdale Hall and was living the horrors with Edith.
One thing I didn't like was...
I don't really read novelized versions of movies but I had to read this one because of how obsessed I was with the film. This book really complemented the film in many ways. I loved being in Thomas' head as well as Alan's. I thought when I first started this book it would just be in Edith's but nope! We even got a ghost's POV.
I really, really loved this story. Many of you know I love tortured souls in my characters but Thomas and his sister Lucille were twisted beyond repair. I felt so much sadness for them in the film but this book just amplified it. We get some of their trying childhood and just a small glimpse of the abuse they suffered from their parents.
We also get to see the hold Lucille has on her brother and how she minimizes his worth to fit her needs. I loved reading about his developing feelings for Edith and how she was his, 'light'.
Nancy Holder retold this story really well. Her writing was phenomenal. I felt like I was sucked into the world of Allerdale Hall and was living the horrors with Edith.
One thing I didn't like was...
January 15, 2016
I've never read the novelisation of a film before, but this was surprisingly good. I loved the film and wanted to know more about the characters, which the novel provided. Besides some expansion of the inner dialogue of the characters it was very close to the film, and I would have liked it to have been developed further. The narration of the audiobook was very good though and the prose read like a modern take on a Victorian novel, which was precisely what this was. If you liked the film I'd recommend this. It also wouldn't be a bad idea to read the novelisation before watching the film, as it would give a little more context to the story.
February 25, 2018
Llena de simbolismo y color, un melodrama sobre una casa encantada que podrÃa haber sido brillante y, en cambio, resulta decepcionante por su superficialidad.
October 7, 2021
Éste libro es una novelización de la pelÃcula de Guillermo del Toro, y fue escrita por Nancy Holder. Yo soy muy muy fan de Tom Hiddleston (a pesar de nuestra pequeña disputa por una tal Taylor Swift) asà que no pude perderme la pelÃcula, y fue realmente una excelente pelÃcula. Salà del cine aún más enamorada del talento de Tom Hiddleston, pero además conmovida en muchos aspectos por la trama. Fue una pelÃcula que aunque se considera de terror, los fantasmas son los que menos asustan.
Edith Cushing es una joven escritora de novelas de terror (que prefiere ser una Mary Shelley a una Jane Austen) que vive sola con su padre después de que su madre muriera de cólera cuando ella apenas era una niña. Y fue el fantasma de su madre el primero que ella vió en su vida. Negro y podrido, como los enfermos del cólera. Y su madre tenÃa un mensaje especÃfico para ella: "Ten cuidado con La cumbre escarlata". Un mensaje que no significaba nada para la aterrada y pequeña Edith Cushing.
Edith Cushing conoció a Sir Thomas Sharpe en la oficina de su padre mientras mecanografiaba su libro, y lo primero que la atrajo a él fueron sus opiniones sobre lo que ella escribÃa. Pero sabÃa que era el pretendiente de la hermana de su mejor amigo Alan, asà que por más enigmático, apasionado o inteligente que pareciera, ella no podÃa verlo con otros que los de la indiferencia. Thomas intentó vender la idea de una máquina para extraer la arcilla roja de sus tierras en Inglaterra al padre de Edith, pero fue rechazado casi al instante.
La atracción fue inevitable y Edith terminó perdidamente enamorada de Thomas, con el cual se casó de forma casi instantánea, e inmediatamente se trasladaron a Inglaterra para que Sharpe continuara con su trabajo en la mina de arcilla lo antes posible... o eso creÃa Edith. Tal vez su marido no era quien ella pensaba y definitivamente no sabÃa en qué clase de familia se habÃa metido. Tal vez los fantasmas no son lo que deberÃan asustarla en La cumbre escarlata.
Al igual que la pelÃcula, el libro me fascinó, habÃa olvidado muchÃsimos detalles ya que hace mucho que la vi. Y algo interesante de leer una pelÃcula novelizada, es que lo que no vemos u oÃmos, como los pensamientos de los personajes en momentos especÃficos de la historia, y aquà se presentan a nosotros por primera vez, y eso le da un significado más profundo a las situaciones. Al menos yo disfruté mucho leyéndolos. Lo único malo es que la escritura de la autora era un tanto simple, y muchas de las cosas me las imaginé con precisión porque ya he visto la pelÃcula, porque si no, las descripciones son un poco vagas y para el lector no serÃa tarea fácil el hacerse una imagen mental de lo descrito en el libro. Tal vez la autora se confió demasiado en el hecho que es una pelÃcula, y como que dio por sentado que el lector vio la pelÃcula antes de decidir leer el libro. Asà que recomiendo no leer éste libro antes de ver la pelÃcula, si la historia les llama la atención, vean primero la pelÃcula, porque es una obra de arte, y el libro es sólo un plus. Además que leer el libro, les arruinarÃa el efecto sorpresa que es uno de los grandes placeres de la pelÃcula.
Aún asà me gustó mucho leer el libro, como ya dije, es como un plus. Me ayudó a recordar la historia, y siempre es una maravilla imaginar a Tom Hiddleston al leer un libro, es como juntar dos cosas que adoro jaja. Y me quedé con muchas ganas de volver a ver la pelÃcula, y estoy segura que lo haré muy pronto.
Algo que me gustó mucho en ésta experiencia leyendo el libro, es que le tomé una foto al libro y la subà a instagram como siempre hago cuando inicio una lectura. Y al recibir más de 300 likes (nunca habÃa recibido TANTOS en una imagen) le mandé un tuit a Guillermo del Toro con el screenshot de la imagen en instagram, y el señor me dio like ¡ME DIO LIKE! Tuve un momento de fangirleo intenso con eso.
Regresando a la historia. Mi opinión sobre el "horror" en el libro, si han visto la pelÃcula ya sabrán que los fantasmas no son realmente la trama principal. Pero leyendo el libro sentà un poco más de miedo que viendo la pelÃcula, tal vez porque mi imaginación es un tanto más macabra que lo que nos presentaron en pantalla, pero sà más de una vez se me erizaron los vellos de los brazos al leer La cumbre escarlata. Pero no inicien el libro esperando una historia terrorÃfica, porque no lo es realmente, pero con toda sinceridad les digo que es una historia que sorprende y que vale la pena leer (o mejor aún... ver).
September 23, 2021
So this was great. I didn't even realize "Crimson Peak" had a movie novelization. Some I have read have been pretty terrible, but Nancy Holder captures the mood of the movie and characters so well and even adds a bit more information on Thomas and Lucille Sharpe as children and even some of the events hinted at during the movie.
"Crimson Peak" follows young Edith Cushing as she stands nearby at her mother's funeral. Little does Edith know that her mother's ghost will be haunting her for years to come and warns her of "Crimson Peak." Fast forwarding to years later when Edith is 24, she is focused on becoming a published author. When she hears of long-time family friends preparing a party for a baronet from England, Edith is not that interested. Then Edith meets the young man, Thomas Sharpe as he comes to her father's business asking for money to finance a machine of his. Edith finds herself thinking of Thomas and finds herself pulled into something that it seems she has no way of escaping.
I love Gothic stories. To have this be a wonderful send up of Gothic romances was so good! Also Edith like many heroines in the Gothic books I have read, is kind of not smart at times. There was a few times I was like really girl? Really? Who cares if he loves you, get out!
Anyway, I do love how the story is told via Edith's point of view with glimpses into Thomas, Lucille, even the home of the Sharpe's Allerdale Hall has a consciousness similar to Hill House (it is mad).
The writing and flow were great. The book at times I thought just gave you such a jump when Holder was describing the ghosts that still walk and haunt Allerdale Hale.
The ending wraps things up very well.
I read this for Halloween Bingo 2021, "Ghost Stories" square.
"Crimson Peak" follows young Edith Cushing as she stands nearby at her mother's funeral. Little does Edith know that her mother's ghost will be haunting her for years to come and warns her of "Crimson Peak." Fast forwarding to years later when Edith is 24, she is focused on becoming a published author. When she hears of long-time family friends preparing a party for a baronet from England, Edith is not that interested. Then Edith meets the young man, Thomas Sharpe as he comes to her father's business asking for money to finance a machine of his. Edith finds herself thinking of Thomas and finds herself pulled into something that it seems she has no way of escaping.
I love Gothic stories. To have this be a wonderful send up of Gothic romances was so good! Also Edith like many heroines in the Gothic books I have read, is kind of not smart at times. There was a few times I was like really girl? Really? Who cares if he loves you, get out!
Anyway, I do love how the story is told via Edith's point of view with glimpses into Thomas, Lucille, even the home of the Sharpe's Allerdale Hall has a consciousness similar to Hill House (it is mad).
The writing and flow were great. The book at times I thought just gave you such a jump when Holder was describing the ghosts that still walk and haunt Allerdale Hale.
The ending wraps things up very well.
I read this for Halloween Bingo 2021, "Ghost Stories" square.
May 14, 2023
3.5 entretenida
May 8, 2024
"You lied to me!" she flung at him.
"I did," he confessed, holding open his arms.
"You poisoned me!"
"I did."
"You said you loved me!"
"I do!�
November 7, 2015
I have a collector's edition as well and it's pretty and I love Del Toro, but god the writing is so cringeworthy. I felt like I was reading work from a fanfiction writer. I like the story enough, but it's hard to get past how annoying the writing is. Note to self: Do not read anything adapted by Nancy Holder. This book could have been so much more if a different scribe had a stab at it (pun, yes). Sadly, I think this story stuck in a perpetual state of potential, like the movie.
September 13, 2020
Acho que foi a primeira novelizaçao de filme que ja li.
Foi uma leitura bem despretenciosa. É igualzinho o filme, foi interessante ler e conseguir imaginar tudo perfeitamente (pq ja tinha visto no filme).
Dá pra ter uma noçao maior das motivaçoes dos personagens, dos seus sentimentos e seu passado.
Se tu gostou do filme e achou os personagens interessantes é um livro legal pra se aprofundar mais um pouco na psique dos personagens
Foi uma leitura bem despretenciosa. É igualzinho o filme, foi interessante ler e conseguir imaginar tudo perfeitamente (pq ja tinha visto no filme).
Dá pra ter uma noçao maior das motivaçoes dos personagens, dos seus sentimentos e seu passado.
Se tu gostou do filme e achou os personagens interessantes é um livro legal pra se aprofundar mais um pouco na psique dos personagens
February 4, 2023
I'm proud to own this green hardback, numbered, Limited Edition of this book 😊
It is worth the money I paid for it because it is unique and signed by Guillermo Del Toro!
I'm a fan of Guillermo Del Toro, he is a great film director & a visionary/inspiring person, he has a awesome house full of statues of characters from his films, and horror films in general.
I can't wait to read this beautiful edition of the novelization of Crimson Peak and the art book for the film as well, there is also a sketchbook replica of Del Toro's artwork that will be released in november so I am looking forward to buying these books and reading them.
I have finally received my copy of this book, which was Limited Edition numbered copy (305 of 500) so i'm really glad that I ordered it because it was obviously popular.
It has a green cover with a moth or insect on the cover which is also an illustration on the bottom of the pages of the book. It is illustrated with other images, signed by Guillermo Del Toro and it is a beautiful edition of the novelization.
There is some writing on the cover like an abbreviation but i'm not sure what it means.
This is a must have item for any fan of Guillermo Del Toro.
It is worth the money I paid for it because it is unique and signed by Guillermo Del Toro!
I'm a fan of Guillermo Del Toro, he is a great film director & a visionary/inspiring person, he has a awesome house full of statues of characters from his films, and horror films in general.
I can't wait to read this beautiful edition of the novelization of Crimson Peak and the art book for the film as well, there is also a sketchbook replica of Del Toro's artwork that will be released in november so I am looking forward to buying these books and reading them.
I have finally received my copy of this book, which was Limited Edition numbered copy (305 of 500) so i'm really glad that I ordered it because it was obviously popular.
It has a green cover with a moth or insect on the cover which is also an illustration on the bottom of the pages of the book. It is illustrated with other images, signed by Guillermo Del Toro and it is a beautiful edition of the novelization.
There is some writing on the cover like an abbreviation but i'm not sure what it means.
This is a must have item for any fan of Guillermo Del Toro.
March 20, 2025
TenÃa miedo de que el libro me decepcionara, porque La Cumbre Escarlata es una de mis pelÃculas favoritas y no querÃa que la novela fuera algo que enturbiara la imagen que tenÃa de la historia.
Por suerte, no fue el caso. El libro me sirvió para revivir la pelÃcula desde lo literario y para cubrir algunas pequeñas partes de la trama de las que tenÃa dudas. Me ayudó a conocer un poco más de los personajes y, para mi sorpresa, Edith me cayó bastante peor que como la recordaba, y a Thomas lo entendà un poco mas. Lucille, siempre la misma arpÃa. :P
En fin, una buena lectura, recomedada para fans de lo gótico, incluso si no vieron la pelÃcula.
Por suerte, no fue el caso. El libro me sirvió para revivir la pelÃcula desde lo literario y para cubrir algunas pequeñas partes de la trama de las que tenÃa dudas. Me ayudó a conocer un poco más de los personajes y, para mi sorpresa, Edith me cayó bastante peor que como la recordaba, y a Thomas lo entendà un poco mas. Lucille, siempre la misma arpÃa. :P
En fin, una buena lectura, recomedada para fans de lo gótico, incluso si no vieron la pelÃcula.
May 26, 2017
Actual Rating: 5 Stars
Soundtrack: Allerdale Hall by Fernando Velázquez
“The mad head of the house was rotting, and night was dragging her wings across the moon, tracing filigree on the floors. In the attic, more black moths were dancing because it was cold, because it was dark. Because they were hungry. For the butterfly.�
A gothic ghost story imagined by brilliant director , is a deeper glimpse into the lives of the film's twisted, looming horrors.
As an immediate fan of Crimson Peak, I could not help but purchase this book to accompany the movie itself, but I wondered how it would hold up as a novel for one of the most intricate films I have seen. The film was breathtaking. Not only was it visually beautiful and terrifying, each character was played with such passion, terror, and humanity that they remained completely riveting throughout the entire film. It was a spectacular piece of art, and so fantastically original. I was taken aback by the romance that was bleeding through the darkness, as it was lovely and true and struggling like magic through the gloom.
So, would its literary counterpart measure up to the beauty of its place on the screen? Or would it be nothing more than a collection of words that flatly attempts to interpret the script into the same story just with a bit more detail? I can tell you right now that it was not the latter. Not once did it disappoint me.
The prose was absolutely mesmerizing, giving the romantic, yet dark, almost morbid feel that the movie holds. It captures the personalities and quirks of each character (and actor) and dives into the roots behind what each scene showed us on-screen. It was such an experience to endure the adventure on a deeper level with them in a story as unique as this one.
It actually pained me to put it down at the end of the day. It is one of those books that makes you feel full when you stop, but only for a while, and then you crave it and have to open it back up to get through another chapter or two. It’s just that incredible.
I have never read such an intricate and well-written movie novelization before. It captures all of what it should and so much more, showing that what happened for the cameras is only a part of the grand story of Thomas Sharpe, Edith Cushing, and what haunts them both. In short, it is a masterpiece, just as its film counterpart, and I applaud for the whimsical way of unraveling the secrets Del Toro wanted us to know. Pure, poetic brilliance.
Soundtrack: Allerdale Hall by Fernando Velázquez
“The mad head of the house was rotting, and night was dragging her wings across the moon, tracing filigree on the floors. In the attic, more black moths were dancing because it was cold, because it was dark. Because they were hungry. For the butterfly.�
A gothic ghost story imagined by brilliant director , is a deeper glimpse into the lives of the film's twisted, looming horrors.
As an immediate fan of Crimson Peak, I could not help but purchase this book to accompany the movie itself, but I wondered how it would hold up as a novel for one of the most intricate films I have seen. The film was breathtaking. Not only was it visually beautiful and terrifying, each character was played with such passion, terror, and humanity that they remained completely riveting throughout the entire film. It was a spectacular piece of art, and so fantastically original. I was taken aback by the romance that was bleeding through the darkness, as it was lovely and true and struggling like magic through the gloom.
So, would its literary counterpart measure up to the beauty of its place on the screen? Or would it be nothing more than a collection of words that flatly attempts to interpret the script into the same story just with a bit more detail? I can tell you right now that it was not the latter. Not once did it disappoint me.
The prose was absolutely mesmerizing, giving the romantic, yet dark, almost morbid feel that the movie holds. It captures the personalities and quirks of each character (and actor) and dives into the roots behind what each scene showed us on-screen. It was such an experience to endure the adventure on a deeper level with them in a story as unique as this one.
It actually pained me to put it down at the end of the day. It is one of those books that makes you feel full when you stop, but only for a while, and then you crave it and have to open it back up to get through another chapter or two. It’s just that incredible.
I have never read such an intricate and well-written movie novelization before. It captures all of what it should and so much more, showing that what happened for the cameras is only a part of the grand story of Thomas Sharpe, Edith Cushing, and what haunts them both. In short, it is a masterpiece, just as its film counterpart, and I applaud for the whimsical way of unraveling the secrets Del Toro wanted us to know. Pure, poetic brilliance.
December 13, 2015
Movie novelizations are often more miss than hit with me, but every once in awhile, you come across one that enhances the movie it is based on.
This is one of those times. I absolutely loved this book.
The writing had a very lovely, Gothic feel to it, and the use of multiple POV's also pleased me.
The movie is so visually stunning, and just...ugh, so beautiful, and the novelization only adds to it by expanding on things that were hinted at or implied in the movie. It makes for a very rich story indeed. I'm especially glad it confirmed my thoughts on Sir Thomas' thoughts/motivations, especially by the end of the movie/book. I'd been afraid I'd been letting my love for Tom Hiddleston cloud my judgement.
Anyway, if you loved the movie, then you should enjoy the book. If you've not seen the movie, but are a fan of Gothic romances, I'd say, you might want to give this book a try.
This is one of those times. I absolutely loved this book.
The writing had a very lovely, Gothic feel to it, and the use of multiple POV's also pleased me.
The movie is so visually stunning, and just...ugh, so beautiful, and the novelization only adds to it by expanding on things that were hinted at or implied in the movie. It makes for a very rich story indeed. I'm especially glad it confirmed my thoughts on Sir Thomas' thoughts/motivations, especially by the end of the movie/book. I'd been afraid I'd been letting my love for Tom Hiddleston cloud my judgement.
Anyway, if you loved the movie, then you should enjoy the book. If you've not seen the movie, but are a fan of Gothic romances, I'd say, you might want to give this book a try.
March 6, 2023
La Cumbre Escarlata es un libro inspirado en el guion de una pelÃcula (pelÃcula que ahora deseo ver). Está narrado a modo de novela, todo está pensado para que resulte fácil de imaginar.
Es una historia de romance gótico. Hay amor, muerte, sangre, sufrimiento y fantasmas. He leÃdo pocas novelas relacionadas con fantasmas y he de decir que esta me ha gustado bastante. La historia transcurre con la posibilidad de saber la visión de los diferentes personajes, tiene unas descripciones de los ambientes muy logradas, utilizan palabras que se adieren perfectamente con la historia, situaciones escalofriantes que me han trasportado a cada uno de los lugares descritos y la evolución de la narrativa de esta novela, han logrado tenerme enganchada desde el comienzo hasta el increÃble final. Muy recomendable.
Es una historia de romance gótico. Hay amor, muerte, sangre, sufrimiento y fantasmas. He leÃdo pocas novelas relacionadas con fantasmas y he de decir que esta me ha gustado bastante. La historia transcurre con la posibilidad de saber la visión de los diferentes personajes, tiene unas descripciones de los ambientes muy logradas, utilizan palabras que se adieren perfectamente con la historia, situaciones escalofriantes que me han trasportado a cada uno de los lugares descritos y la evolución de la narrativa de esta novela, han logrado tenerme enganchada desde el comienzo hasta el increÃble final. Muy recomendable.
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