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House Of Stairs (Hardcover)

by William Sleator (Author) "The whirring around them had been going on for quite a long time ..." (more)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The House of Stairs, Oct 2 2005
By Deborah (Baltimore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: House Of Stairs (Paperback)
I first read this book in 7th grade, and kept it out of the library for 3 weeks just to read it over and over! It was bizarre and psychologically thrilling...20 years later I found it again in a library in Pennsylvania, and re-read it. It was bizarre and psychologically thrilling! Now I am in law school in Baltimore, and wish to own a copy because it seems to me that The House of Stairs is a simple commentary on the complexities of conformity and non-conformity and human conditioning and personal expectations from which we can all take a lesson.I have enjoyed "knowing" this book and realizing, like Peter, just when to say "Enough!"
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5.0 out of 5 stars House of Stairs, Mar 24 2004
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This review is from: House Of Stairs (Paperback)
House of Stairs by William Sleator

Book Review by Geremy Brosmer

"'When are they going to take us out?' Blossom wailed as everybody came back to the landing." Peter, Lola, Blossom, Abigail, and Oliver are all orphans and all sixteen. All of them have suddenly been put into a big room full of nothing but stairs. They find a food machine that makes the kids do crazy stuff like stick out their tongues, dance, and lie to get the food machine to give them food.
I think Sleator could have made Blossom a little less easy to hate because he just makes her so mean and snobby and self centered. He also could have had a better concept because he just puts four orphaned teenagers in this big room full of stairs for no reason. I liked the way he always kept me on my toes. I was up till ten reading this book one night. He described everything so well I could almost see a picture in my head about what was happening.
William Sleator is mostly a science-fiction writer. He's only written one book that's not science-fiction. I would recommend this to anybody who likes sci-fi.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Adults Too!, Jan 4 2004
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This review is from: House Of Stairs (Paperback)
I first read this book 25 years ago, when I was in the 7th grade. Of the (literally) thousands of books that I read during my childhood - this book belongs with the dozen or so that have never been forgotton. Recently I reread this classic, and was just as impressed and impacted by its thought provoking and captivating premise. Because the setting is futuristic, this book is not dated at all. I'm a mom with kids of various ages and would NOT recommend this book for anyone under the age of 12 to 13 - but I would also not classify it a "young adult" novel. Older adults will love it too!
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4.0 out of 5 stars I'd forgotten how good this was...
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Published on Jul 12 2002 by Aubrey

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
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