Always a classic mystery. You get sucked in and are left wondering right till the end. ( )

I read the book after seeing the movie, and let me tell you, the movie did not impede on the book at all. If anything, it enhanced my reading experience. The sensuous and carnal undertones make it very deep and one that will not be forgotten long after read. It keeps you coming back for more, making more guesses as to what the fate was of the three girls on Hanging Rock...Definitely worth the buy if out of print! The movie is HIGHLY recommended as well. ( )

Journal entry 4 by SKingList from New York, New York USA on Friday, February 25, 2005

Definitely a five, because I am very conflicted on this book. I liked the spookiness of the subject because I am a sucker for horror/mysteries, but the story draggged a bit at times. Toward the end I found myself skimming and flipping pages looking for key words.

It got quite confusing to know who was speaking since the auhtor didn't consistently put paragraph breaks in to show a change in speaker. Sorry, nitpick. Can take me out of the classroom but can't take the English teacher out of me. So overall good subject matter, could have been better written.

On another note, it (and the BCAUS discussion) added Hanging Rock to the list of things I might want to do when I make it down to Victoria, so that's cool. This is a tiny book and if I hang onto it that long and make it down there, I could release it there. But we'll see. That's way too far in advance to think.

Thanks again AWF for this RABCK! :)

book rating: 5 out of 10
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Released! Journal entry 5 by SKingList from New York, New York USA on Thursday, May 19, 2005

Released about 4 yrs ago (5/18/2005 10:00:00 PM BX time) at Hanging Rock Discovery Centre in Hanging Rock, Victoria Australia Click for larger version of journal entry picture...

RELEASE NOTES:

In the Discovery Centre at the Picnic At... end of the display. Left it in the hands of one of the mannequins, think it was one meant to be either the lost teacher or the HeadMistress. ( )

The movie is amazing and the book is excellent. There are additional details about some of the characters in the book that did not make it into the movie. I didn't find any of the extra details in the book to be superfluous to the plot but I can see why they were left out of the film version. I saw the film first and it was nice to read the book and find out more about the characters and how one tragic event drastically altered their lives. The girls going missing on the rock is the pivotal event in the book that connects all the seemingly unrelated threads of the story. ( )

In the early 20th Century Australia, a rich girls' boarding school goes on a picnic to Hanging Rock in the Australian Bush. Some will never return...

A good concept for a book, and the start and end were both pretty good, but the in between bits were ever so boring, and some events seemed a little random. ( )