An astonishing TRUE story, truly astonishing in its astonishing trueness.

Really, though, Ppeople in the 70s were very silly, unlike us today with our very smart brains and unfailing ability to distinguish fiction from truth.

Also, this book is actually not that good.

What a terrifying book. The whole time I was reminding myself that this was real. I couldn’t read this at night because I was so anxious. It’s a great book and written in such a way that it reads more like fiction. I loved it, but am definitely freaked out!

I was in the mood for some horror and this book was recommended to me by a friend. I was very convinced it would be a very scary book, so scary I might not even be able to sleep at night, she told me. So naturally, I picked it up right away hoping it would satisfy my horror craving. Well, it did not. There were no real frightening scenes. And it had lots of eye-rolling moments. As for the writing, it was not great, in fact it was terrible and dull and clumsy and annoying at times and the editing was atrocious, I would have stopped reading but because it's a short book I kept at it. There is a lot of conspiracy surrounding this event and whether or not it is true, I personally won't bother with all this. Take it for what it is; an engaging, fast-paced, easy read although far from being scary.

No payoff. All the weird shit was disconnected and none of it really stuck. Had a very fun tabloid feel, though, and I enjoyed that.

As an Amityville Horror fanatic, I finally found this book and got to read it. It was better than I thought it would be, but it did not live up to the quote "This book will scare the hell out of you," as is quoted on the cover. Please. It wasn't written in a way to scare the hell out of me. Anson clearly tried his best to convert interviews with the Lutz's into a day by day story. I felt there were some inconsistencies, an over usage of exclamation points, a few holes that were either purposely left out or something. I found it weird that George had turned into a psycho the first week or so in the house, but then somewhere halfway, he's suddenly a different guy... more alert of the wife and kids and actually caring.

In correlation to the film, you can certainly tell where the film got its premise and facts. Although, there are quite a bit of details in the book that are not in the film. I don't know why. And as mentioned above about George's personality changes, that certainly is not in the movie. He's just one raging psycho that gets more psycho.

Regardless, this is definitely worth the read if you're an Amityville Horror fan.