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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Terrifying - don't read it at night!!, 16 Dec 2000
Treasure Box is what I'd call 'old-fashioned' OSC writing: it definitely fits within his Tales of Dread mentality. It's a great book, I made the mistake of reading it on my own in a creaky old hotel room, stayed up all night to finish it and then couldn't sleep cos it scared me witless! I tend to like everything he writes, but only 4 stars here because the ending is a bit, well, contrived. Really good plot twist in the middle though. Recommended, even for people who haven't read OSC before - but bear in mind his sci-fi stuff is tons better.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Card's best works, 10 Jul 1999
By A Customer
Orson Scott Bard became my favorite author when I read Ender's Game. I began reading all of his other books, and while many were wonderful, only Treasure Box can compare to Ender's Game. Card's prose is wonderful. It has been called bland, but the reality is that we are so used to reading overdramatized, fake, trite writing that we cannot recongnize geniune writing when we see it. Card is the only author I have ever read who can seemingly make you cry without even trying, make you laugh without trying, make you fear without trying. His prose is subtle in a way to be ultimately effective. Too many people reviewing this book expected it to be a horror a la Stephen King, waiting for his type of thrills, and did not keep an open mind. Treasure Box is NOT a horror or a suspense. It is a psychological thriller of the best kind, and it is a shame that so many biased, narrow-minded readers are giving it a bad name. Maybe if we stop labelling books before we read them, we won't be as disappointed. After all, if you expected Brave New World or Lolita to be a horror book, you'd be disappointed, too.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM..., 22 Jun 2008
This was my first book by this author, and I was not disappointed, as I found it to be a very creative and inventive book with some genuinely spooky moments. It started off a little slowly but then quickly picked up momentum.
The book revolves around Quentin Fears, whose childhood was marred by the tragic death of his beloved sister. Though it left him emotionally crippled, it did not stop him from discovering a talent he had for making money. Independently wealthy, his life is a fairly reclusive one, until he meets the women of his dreams, the mysterious Madeleine, a woman about whom he knows little. After a brief courtship, he marries her. After all, for him it was love at first sight.
When he finally goes to her family homestead in upstate New York and meets her family, a motley and bizarre crew at best, he realizes that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. It seems that Madeleine has a secret, and had she shared it with Quentin when they had first met, he most certainly would not have married her. You see, Madeleine is not exactly as she seems.
This is a wonderfully inventive and genuinely spooky book that has some great moments. Towards the end, however, the story sort of gets away a bit from the author. Still, this is a very entertaining read and one that will make me look for this author again.
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