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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (original 2001; edition 2002)

by Ellen Rimbauer, Joyce Reardon

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At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer, the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage, express her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and contemplate the nightmare that her life was becoming. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansion - called Rose Red - an enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the year ahead. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one woman's hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalised society at the time. Edited by Joyce Reardon, Ph.D., as part of her research, the diary is being published as preparations are being made by Dr Reardon to enter Rose Red and fully investigate its disturbing history.… (more)
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Title:The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Authors:Ellen Rimbauer
Other authors:Joyce Reardon
Info:Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (2002), Hardcover, 272 pages
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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Ridley Pearson (Author) (2001)

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About the only thing positive I can say about this book is that the premise is interesting. Of course, the idea of a house that is itself an evil entity isn’t original, but the notion that the house’s owners are also its servants who feed it until they are themselves absorbed is pretty fun. The execution is lacking, though. I finished the book out of mild curiosity to see how the story played out and because I needed the Supernatural bingo square for the 2016 Halloween Bingo.

This book was written as a movie tie-in, intended to serve as a prequel and Blair Witch style marketing hype. It refers to supplemental materials on a now-defunct website for the fake university that the fake author supposedly taught at. I suppose this is one of the downsides to the multimedia book idea that I enjoyed with Night Film. The book is forever, but the online supplementals are transient and render the book itself forever incomplete.

On a side note: I see that I originally rated this book 4 stars when I read it eleven years ago. Funny how our tastes and judgement change over time.
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  Doodlebug34 | Jan 1, 2024 |
meh

This one tried to be feminist but it failed to do so for a few reasons.
Because it was based on a tv show that already had problems,
and
because it tried to mimic the writing styles of other authors (Steven King and du Maurier come to mind)
and,
because it's racist, fatphobic (hey like S.King is, following tradition!) and all around gratuitous while trying to emulate both books like Hell House and Rebecca.

I'd much prefer it if it actually was the feminist prequel it's pretending to be, because it was actually fun to read! ( )
  Silenostar | Dec 7, 2022 |
I have absolutely no strong feelings about this book in any direction. It just...is. I like the Rose Red TV mini series, but these characters didn't feel like the ones in the show, nor did they feel like fleshed-out people at all. I wasn't thrilled with the audio narration, nor did I find the diary format believable or compelling. Nothing was scary or creepy or disturbing, especially because we know we're being told it in a diary entry after the fact. The weird sexual dynamic at the end seemed bizarrely out of place. I would recommend any fans of the show just fill in the blanks of the Rimbauer family with their own ideas. ( )
  hissingpotatoes | Dec 28, 2021 |
My favorite sub-genre of horror is haunted houses. Rose Red is an awesome haunted house. Stephen King should write a few more like this, even if it takes a pseudonym to bring out the haunting. ( )
  Equestrienne | Jan 5, 2021 |
fiction, printed as if a true diary and totally ridiculous. the main character was a nut! ( )
  VhartPowers | Dec 27, 2018 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Pearson, RidleyAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reardon, JoyceEditor (fictional)secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rimbauer, EllenAuthor (fictional)secondary authorall editionsconfirmed
GTC Art & DesignCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
O'Karma, AlexandraNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Steven RimbauerAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Dear Reader: In the summer of 1998, at an estate sale in Everett, Washington, I purchased a locked diary covered in dust, writings I believe to be those of Ellen Rimbauer.
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It was then that I understood for the first time not only what I would come to know for certain but what I intended to take advantage of for many, many years to come. Rose Red was on my side. Rose Red was my friend.
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At the turn of the twentieth century, Ellen Rimbauer, the young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage, express her confusion over her emerging sexuality, and contemplate the nightmare that her life was becoming. The diary not only follows the development of a girl into womanhood, it follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansion - called Rose Red - an enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the year ahead. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red is a rare document, one that gives us an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one woman's hidden emotional torment, and a record of the mysterious events at Rose Red that scandalised society at the time. Edited by Joyce Reardon, Ph.D., as part of her research, the diary is being published as preparations are being made by Dr Reardon to enter Rose Red and fully investigate its disturbing history.

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The book consists of Ellen Rimbauer's diary and Joyce Reardon's editorial comments. The novel focuses on the life of John and Ellen Rimbauer and the construction of their mansion, Rose Red, in Lakewood, Washington, in the early twentieth century. Mysterious tragedies occur throughout the mansion's history that causes it to become haunted.
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