Jonathan Auxier

Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.

a scary story

The Night Gardener

Sarah Sammis

While the overall atmosphere of The Night Gardener is similar to Mexican Gothic by by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020), the nuts and bolts of the narrative draw from a variety of classic sources (all named in the afterword). While reading, I was most drawn to the similarities with The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898). The feeling of familiarity is strong enough that I plan to reread the novella soon.

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it’s hard to into but once you get towards the last few chapter you can’t put it down

Braylee Grace

it’s hard to into but once you get towards the last few chapter you can’t put it down



This follow-up to Auxier's exceptional debut, "Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, " is a Victorian ghost story that follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem.

Savindi Jinasena

4.5 Stars! It started out slow, but what a creepy and engrossing story.

4.5 stars.

Wow, this was great! I loved the concept, it was so magical and creepy. There was definitely a lot to unpack in this book, especially lessons such as storytelling vs lying and the impact that greed has on people.

I do wish we got more background on the title character, I was really intrigued and wanted to know more details!! (view spoiler)[One thing that really struck me was that Kip seemed to understand that the Night Gardener was just doing his job to protect the tree. I really liked that, because I had a feeling from the beginning that he wasn't actually evil. Of course, trying to kill people is not good, but this is why I really want to know more about the connection between him and the tree! Like, maybe he was given eternal life in exchange for taking care of the tree or something? I don't know, I was just really intrigued and I wanted more! (hide spoiler)]

Overall, I thought it was a really well-written story and I quite enjoyed it!

Oh, and the cover is absolutely stunning. The whole book is super aesthetically pleasing, and it even extended to each chapter page having branches and leaves at the top and bottom. Sooo cool.

Anastaciya

I absolutely loved this book. it may be a bit too scary for kids though... although I always enjoyed spooky stories, even as a child, so maybe that's just the right book.

Stefie 

As there are so many great reviews and the summary is really interesting, I decided to pick it up and kind of disappointed. BUT it is actually not bad. 

I expected this book to be dark and creepy, because it's mentioned in many of the reviews here. Well, talk about it being creepy, it was definitely kind of creepy from the beginning and atmospheric throughout. However, 60% in and I did not find this book creepy, CREEPY. It is good and interesting that keep me wanting to read more but at the same time the beginning part of the book was kind of so-so for me. 
Not until 30% towards the end that the book became to me, REAL GOOD and dark. So, I am happy with the last part of the book. Hence 3 stars.

The Night Gardener a scary story

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