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Original Title: | Audrey Rose |
ISBN: | 0446324825 (ISBN13: 9780446324823) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Audrey Rose #1 |
Frank De Felitta
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 3.89 | 20408 Users | 192 Reviews
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Back in the late 70's I guess, maybe the early 80's, I read this book and I loved it. I was very excited when I saw that Valancourt Books was bringing it back into print, but had trouble working it into my reading schedule. When I was offered a chance to review the audiobook, I jumped at it and I'm glad I did.It turns out that I had forgotten a lot of this story. Not only that-I think a lot of its social commentary went over my head because I was only a young teen at the time and didn't know half the things I thought I did.
Janice and Bill Templeton have a young daughter, Ivy, who has bouts of severe nightmares. Asleep, she runs about in a panic, yelling for her parents and screaming "Hot, hot, hot." The first time the nightmares occurred, a psychiatrist seemed to help the situation. This time around nothing seems to help.
Meanwhile, a strange man is spotted recently hanging around Ivy's school and standing nearby the beautiful apartment building where the Templetons live. How is this man related to Ivy and her nightmares? You'll have to read this to find out!
This story takes place in the 70's with all that that entails. Scientology and other cults are becoming popular. Hypnotism and psychology fascinate the general public. Casual sex, (before AIDS), is becoming a thing and the social fabric of life in the US is changing. Bill and Janice Templeton seem to want to change with the times, (they get sex manuals and try to keep things fresh, for instance), but in other respects, Bill especially is set in his ways. His world view is not flexible and anything that challenges it cannot be tolerated. If only for a slightly more adaptable point of view, much of what happened later might have been prevented.
Audrey Rose held up for me, after all these years. There was much I didn't remember so it seemed almost like an entirely new story. Some of it is dated, of course, (remember looking for a working payphone?), but its observations of human behavior are still spot on and sharp. This isn't a perfect story and perhaps the courtroom drama could have been trimmed a bit, but I never lost interest.
The narration by Matt Godfrey was also spot on and helped to cement some scenes clearly in my mind. "Mommy, daddy, hot, hot, hot..." gave me a serious case of the creeps every time I heard it.
I'm glad this story from the golden time of horror held up and maybe even exceeded my vague memory of it. This tale supports the idea that you should always appreciate fully what you have, but you should also keep an open mind. Don't be so stubborn that you allow no room for the unexplained. You may avoid a lot of heartache and tragedy if you can do that-just ask Bill Templeton.
Highly recommended, especially for fans of 70's and 80's horror!
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*I received a free review copy of this audio in exchange for my honest review. This is it.*

List Regarding Books Audrey Rose (Audrey Rose #1)
Title | : | Audrey Rose (Audrey Rose #1) |
Author | : | Frank De Felitta |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
Published | : | March 21st 1984 by Grand Central Publishing (first published January 1st 1975) |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal. Supernatural |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 20408 Users | 192 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books Audrey Rose (Audrey Rose #1)
Back in the late 70's I guess, maybe the early 80's, I read this book and I loved it. I was very excited when I saw that Valancourt Books was bringing it back into print, but had trouble working it into my reading schedule. When I was offered a chance to review the audiobook, I jumped at it and I'm glad I did.It turns out that I had forgotten a lot of this story. Not only that-I think a lot of its social commentary went over my head because I was only a young teen at the time and didn't knowI was NOT expecting this book to pack such a punch. Because of a slow and kinda clumsy first quarter, this is really more of a 4.5 stars rating, but what I thought would be a kinda dated, woo-woo, EXORCIST stepchild soon became a gripping, surprising, and heartwrenching family drama. Extra points for the audiobook, narrated by Matt Godfrey, who made several scenes pulse with an uncanny terror that might have actually rendered some moments even more effectively than on the page.
A classic that is slightly dated.De Felitta's classic Audrey Rose was one of those bestsellers that was on every bookshelf in the 70s and felt every household owned a copy. It was up there with Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, Blatty's The Exorcist to name a few. The book starts out with the seemingly perfect existence of the Templeton family and the beautiful Ivy as they lead their day to day lives. It all starts to go south when a man starts following the Templeton family. The cracks start to show

First, this book, though widely touted as a HORROR novel, is not horror. I would definitely think some supernatural work is here, but not horror. I wonder if it is the time period in which the book was written...before sci-fi/fantasy and supernatural thrillers were the norm, so, Horror was the closest genre to what it was.Second, it DRAGS. It repeats itself over and over. It could have been much shorter.Third, the trial is worth reading, but you don't get that until the last 100 pages of the
There were a number of criticism when this book came out. It was on the heals of the "Exorcist", so stories about a girl troubled by the supernatural wasn't uncommon and were the flavor of the month. However, I think Audrey Rose was different in some way. It wasn't about anything evil or unholy but a curiosity of reincarnation. The characters are a perfect vehicle for western audiences to see and think a non Judia-Christian view of the after life. Even though this book is purely fiction. But the
One word....DISTURBING. Not so much a horror, though.....something more, something that stirs some kind of ancient truth. It forces one to really consider belief systems that clings to the idea of reincarnation. The author managed to create a thought provoking, yet utterly enjoyable (not the right word, but close enough) read. This tale will stay with me, perhaps even haunt me, for a very long time.
I read this as a tween - and what stuck with me most was the idea of reincarnation. I think I knew about it before I read this book - but this was the first book I had read where the idea was really pushed - and I found that really interesting. I think the book pushed my little mind open a little more than it was at the time - and that makes me remember it more fondly than I probably should.
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