Sleep, Pale Sister, (Paperback)

from Laurenbdavis

Very dark, very Gothic and a good read. Harris has created a dream-like, murky story, narrated by four different characters. It's a psychological drama, a ghost story, a murder story, a novel about artists and models and sexual obsessions, all wrapped in one. Is it perfect? Not quite. The voices ...

from mmignano11

"Sleep.Pale Sister" is a page-turner. It is a Gothic horror story involving the classic elements of obsessive love, passionate desires driving erratic behavior, mystical potions and magical spells invoking ghosts, harmful to some, helpful to others. I found Joanne Harris' book to be one of those ...

from extrajoker

I pretty much devoured Sleep, Pale Sister -- a gothic novel told from shifting first-person perspectives -- though I'd have liked the conclusion to be a bit less elusive.

from booktwitcher

I found this uncomfortably weird. It is a easy read in that it was compelling, but I found I was drawn onto read further in a distasteful way.

from drpeff

Tragic, confusing. Not so good.