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The Dibbuk Box (2012)

by Jason Haxton(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1612480128 (ISBN13: 9781612480121)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Truman State University Press

review 1: I saw this book mentioned in Entertainment Weekly in conjunction with an article about the movie "The Possession" that's coming out this fall. I was intrigued enough to request this book through interlibrary loan so I could read more about the haunted Dibbuk Box. However, I kind of wish I had not read the book because I have been left with an unsettled feeling ever since I finished reading it. I was very happy to give it back to the library today and have it out of my possession. I am creeped out enough that I plan on purifying every place I read it in my hom and in my car where I carried it to and from the library, just so I can get this weird feeling to leave me. I am not one to think that I may have picked up any negative energy just from reading a book but I guess I am... more open to the fact that since I immersed myself in the story of this box and it's creepy history I may have opened myself up to something unknown. Either eay, I want to err on the side of caution because what is discussed in this book about this box is not something I wish to deal with. However, the story was fascinating in how the author systematically breaks down all the parts to the story and come up with two plausible solutions: it's all a hoax or it's all true. And either eay the things that happened can not be explained too well.
review 2: While I am not one who picks up a lot of non-fiction books to read, this one really intrigued me. I have to say that once I started reading it I really couldn't stop. The story is about a wine cabinet that was used to store the wine and cup for Jewish sabbath ceremonies. The box may or may not be haunted, even after finishing the book I'm not entirely sure what I believe about the box but the story is engrossing. I enjoyed Jason Haxton's narrative and did actually have to do some research myself on eugenics which may mean that the box did it's job by focusing others on the horror of the eugenics movement in American history. less

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