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Return to Book Page. Alyssa B. Sheinmel Goodreads Author With. Something freaky's going on with Sunshine's new house But the more weird stuff that happens, the less her mom believes her. Sunshine's always had a quirky affiliation with the past, but this time, history is get Something freaky's going on with Sunshine's new house Sunshine's always had a quirky affiliation with the past, but this time, history is getting much too close for comfort If there is something, or someone, haunting her house, what do they want?
And what will they do if Sunshine can't help them? As things become more frightening and dangerous, and the giggles she hears turn to sobs and screams, Sunshine has no choice but to accept what she is, face the test before her and save her mother from a fate worse than death. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. More Details Original Title. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl 1. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Haunting of Sunshine Girl , please sign up.
How many books do you think you will make? Paige McKenzie There will be 2 for sure I just finished it last night! I loved it and I'm absolutely stoked about the sequel in October!
Do you think you'd make it a trilogy? Paige McKenzie You know what is funny? I try not to read trilogies! But yes, this series is 3 books now. Thanks to Weinstein Books! See all 41 questions about The Haunting of Sunshine Girl….
Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 09, Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it did not like it. You might love this book if you love Zooey Deschanel's adorkable-types and the manic pixie dream bullshit , but if you're like me and 1 mute, 2 change the channel every time you see her face on TV, this book will make you want to rip your hair out strand by strand. The main character's name is Sunshine.
I have high standards for horror, and this book doesn't meet any of them. It was a watered-down version of Dark Water no pun intended with a sad attempt at using Fatal Frame 's photography schti You might love this book if you love Zooey Deschanel's adorkable-types and the manic pixie dream bullshit , but if you're like me and 1 mute, 2 change the channel every time you see her face on TV, this book will make you want to rip your hair out strand by strand.
It was a watered-down version of Dark Water no pun intended with a sad attempt at using Fatal Frame 's photography schtick with the most annoyingly cute and perky character in the entire fucking world. She is so cute! She is so sweet! She is so clumsy! She never curses! I turn my neck from side to side. The air between my bones crackles and pops when I move. I wanted to strangle her 5 pages into the book! The moments of fear are made absolutely anticlimactic because of how stupid and idiotic and childish the main character seems.
My heart is racing. I sit on my bed and shiver, my heart pounding. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that a character has to curse to be believable. I'm saying she has to be realistic, and a manic pixie dream girl in a horror just makes the entire book seem completely laughable.
Imagine Zooey Deschanel being adorkable in a horror movie. That's what this book is. I'm more inclined to laugh than be afraid. The main character is so forcedly cute. She is an epitome of the weird yet adorable! She is super fucking special, being: 1. Adopted , and she's so special because of it.
Not mine. And even in the dark my pupils never get big. She's so different because she dresses differently than everyone else! She wears pajamas with puppies on them, as well as footie pajamas oh, wait, that was 8th grade!
I like crocheted hats and scarves, T-shirts with funny little icons on them, and long sleeves that hang past my wrists. She talks to her dog, collects unicorns, has a stuffed taxidermy owl called Dr. Hoo, and loves art and photography! Math and sciences? Fuck that! I allow myself to zone out a little bit and count the minutes until third period, the only class I really care about: visual arts.
I hate, hate, hate adorkable characters, and this book was nearly intolerable. There was very little fearful about it. I had a better time watching Dark Water. If you wanted a good horror book, go read the most excellent Anna Dressed in Blood. View all 58 comments. Shelves: young-adult-read , paranormal-supernatural , could-not-put-down , ghostly-happenings.
Some books are just sheer brilliant entertainment, where you are truly in a world of pleasure as the book absorbs you into it's imaginary world. This was one of those books for me and I really did enjoy it a lot. I read it really quickly, with a need to know what happens next. I have never seen it, in fact had not heard of it but after I realised it I wondered how that would translate over to a novel. It did just fine. In a nutshell a young sixteen year old teenager and her mother move to a creepy old house in a new town so that her mother can take up a new job.
Before long thing are going bump in the night and things are not making sense in a practical way. The book is atmospheric, the creepy tension builds slowly as different things occur.
Will anyone believe Sunshine about what's going on in the house? Sunshine is a quirky girl, dresses differently, drawn to taxidermy and ancient books. Let's just day she's not in the cool crowd at school but I loved her for that. She's s mature sixteen too which helped. This is a haunted house ghost story, but it's done SO WELL because there is in-depth background into why it's happening and what is meant to happen.
It's not just random in other words. It's spooky enough without being terrifying, it's not a gore filled horror book, it's spine-tingling creepy writing that has a very interesting plot wrapped around it. Don't let the marketed to the YA audience aspect put you off, I am 43 and yes, there are a few teen characters, but that's about it, the book will please those of all ages.
It throws in ancient lores and legends and the rules of playing with the ghosts, even helping the ghosts who are "stuck" here and need help moving on. If you like a good yarn, a book that kicks off early with something interesting then does not stop, characters that not only develop but transform at times and most of all a haunted house, a good ghost, some bad evil demon ghosts gone bad and a story behind it all that makes for some fascinating reading, then grab this one.
It's a very enjoyable read. No doubt lots of her YT followers will be reading the book. And hooray for no sappy teen love story weaved in! Fabulous piece of creepy fiction that you won't want to put down. I received a copy of this book from the publisher Weinstein Books in return for an honest review, many thanks.
View all 18 comments. Apr 08, J. Sutton rated it liked it. Despite the ghostly presences which follow our heroine, I wasn't sure how creepy this was; still, I found McKenzie's The Haunting of Sunshine Girl a page-turner. Sunshine is likable, has a quirky personality and apparently is a Luiseach, beings who aren't exactly human, but have the ability to help spirits pass on.
In addition to preparing to help the spirit of a small child as well as her own mother who has been possessed by a water demon, Sunshine is also being recruited to repair a rift betwe Despite the ghostly presences which follow our heroine, I wasn't sure how creepy this was; still, I found McKenzie's The Haunting of Sunshine Girl a page-turner. In addition to preparing to help the spirit of a small child as well as her own mother who has been possessed by a water demon, Sunshine is also being recruited to repair a rift between our world and the spirit world.
Not much is revealed about the rift or how it can be repaired. I'm sure there's more about that and a mysterious mentor who doesn't show his face here in the second book. The book was fast-paced, especially as we drew near the life and death consequences on New Year's Eve. The end didn't wow me, but I plan to read the sequel. I liked it a lot. Sunshine and her mother move from Texas to Washington so that Sunshine's mom Kat can work at a better position in the town's hospital.
I loved how the author described them first coming to the house, how all of the houses were so quiet and no one in the yards, no kids. Then they get to the house and Sunshine had a weird feeling about it. All of that pulled me right in. Sunshine starts school not long af www.
Sunshine starts school not long after that and becomes friends with Nolan. I loved his character in the book, he's not a love interest, he's something else : Sunshine is upset the school doesn't have a photography department because she likes to use "old school" cameras, you know.. That's all I'm saying about that.
She sends them to her best friend Ashley back home. There is a really reliable place that Sunshine wants her to get them developed for her. I'm not going to tell you what they reveal! The story moves on at a good pace and we find out more about the ghost that his haunting the house. Actually, we find out a lot about what's going on in that house. It's way more than I ever thought! I think this story is a brilliant take on ghosts and other creatures. I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to the next one!
FYI: Sunshine is not what she seems to be View all 4 comments. The first third of this book was SO creepy I loved it! A great haunting story in the vein of the movie 'Paranormal Activity'.
I liked the main character Sunshine and the relationship with her mother, especially as it changed during the haunting. But then the story turned into something completely different. It stopped being about the haunting really, a The first third of this book was SO creepy I loved it! It stopped being about the haunting really, and definitely stopped being creepy. It's more about Sunshine and her From the middle of the book it went pretty downhill for me, I lost interest a little and it started to get predictable and too darn convenient.
I'm actually a bit disappointed that in the end it felt Not at all like the first part, which I think got my hopes up a little too high GAH, I wanted to love this book so badly!
The author is so nice and I love her YouTube videos. But hey, it was co written with Alyssa Shimmel so I'm not really sure! Yes, I understand that this book is written from a teenage girl's point of view, but by the middle of this book, I just couldn't read further into the story because I couldn't engage into the writing style anymore.
Because I was annoyed with how the book was written most of the time, I don't think I engaged into the story that well. The story was really predictable and I really didn't understand the weird chapters that were not from Sunshine's perspective. As for characters, they were quite generic. The only the that really stood out to me was the fact that Sunshine really was into vintage clothing and that she had a really good relationship with her mother.
Overall, my high expectations for this book were unfortunately not met. My rating system : I do use half stars. Not because a book might not be worthy, but because a book is never perfect. There weren't too many flaws, and I had no trouble getting through it. A 4 star rating is the highest rating I've ever given a book. View 2 comments. Sep 25, Tabetha rated it liked it. Rating: 2. View all 11 comments.
Jan 30, Lisa Mandina rated it really liked it. I didn't know anything about the YouTube Channel before I found out about this book. I've always enjoyed a good ghost story, and when I was younger, I used to go to the library and check out all the "true haunting" books. About 10 years ago I even went to a couple "real" haunted houses with my younger cousin and aunt and my mom.
One was a Bed and Breakfast, called the Mason House Inn that is located in Bentonsport, Iowa, where we went and had a paranormal expert named Christopher Moon give us lessons on how to try to catch evidence of ghosts, and even shared his own findings.
And we went up to a cemetery at night, and it was pretty spooky. So anyway, when I heard about this book I was instantly interested based on the description. The main character is Sunshine Griffith.
She and her mother have just moved from Texas to a small town in Washington state, and into what Sunshine calls a "creepy" house. And she likes the word creepy. She uses it to describe just about everything, the house, the street that really only seems to contain their house, and what is going on in the house. Right away she gets a weird feeling in the house, and starts hearing sounds.
Footsteps on the 2nd floor, even though she figures out that the way it is carpeted up there, she shouldn't be able to hear any footsteps even if there was someone up there.
She also hears whispering, most of the time so quiet she can't tell what it is saying, but sometimes she can. And a little girl's laugh too. And anyone who watches scary movies knows just how creepy that sound can be. Next things start being in different places than where she left them. And then, one night she and her mom are both home and hear what sounds like a little girl yelling for help, and splashing noises.
They run upstairs to where the bathroom door has slammed shut, and water seems to be coming out as it seems the tub is overflowing. But when the open the door, there isn't anyone in there. The water is pretty gross though, as if the pipes were dirty, and it leaves a slimy coating on everything that touches it.
After they get it all cleaned up, it's as if her mom has lost all memory of what happened, as if it got scrubbed away as they cleaned. And now that Sunshine should actually have her mom on her side, her mom acts almost angry when Sunshine brings it up. Her mom begins to change as well, growing more distant. Sign up to the Best of Pan Macmillan newsletter to discover the best of our books, events and special offers.
In that place where you're more asleep than awake any more, I hear something else. A phrase uttered in a child's voice, no more than a whisper: Night Night. Something freaky's going on with Sunshine's new house. But the more weird stuff that happens, the less her mum believes her.
Sunshine's always had a quirky affiliation with the past, but this time, history is getting much too close for comfort. If there is something, or someone, haunting her house, what do they want? And what will they do if Sunshine can't help them? She is intimately accessible, broadcasting from her bedroom and talking with fans via social media, and yet she's incredibly cloistered. Nobody except her blood relatives even has her cell number. In a way, she's a ghost in the machine, tethered to her flip cam and haunting her own Youtube network.
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