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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Blackwood's beautiful descriptions of nature take an eerie turn as the natural envelops an area that is a rubbed thin by something beyond this dimension.
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Vocabulary
Swabia. (n) A former duchy of medieval Germany, now divided between SW Germany, Switzerland, an France.
serried. (adj) (Of rows of people or things) standing close together.
Quotes
We were the first human influences upon this island, and we were not wanted. The willows were against us.
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Spoiler
Vocabulary
Swabia. (n) A former duchy of medieval Germany, now divided between SW Germany, Switzerland, an France.
serried. (adj) (Of rows of people or things) standing close together.
Quotes
We were the first human influences upon this island, and we were not wanted. The willows were against us.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a peculiar find—
Psychological and environmental horror at their best with some wonderful imagery. The Danube sings to the moon and shouts at the rain, while our narrator and his travelling ~companion~ face shifts in their own reality. V cool
Psychological and environmental horror at their best with some wonderful imagery. The Danube sings to the moon and shouts at the rain, while our narrator and his travelling ~companion~ face shifts in their own reality. V cool
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nicely spooky, if a bit too old-fashioned to be truly scary. It's definitely enjoyable and I see why Lovecraft liked it; it's got that lovely unearthly (if not quite eldritch) Lovecraftian vibe.
This story got creepier and creepier. Towards the end my heart was racing. Fans of Lovecraft will like this...no surprise since Lovecraft himself loved it. Very thick on environment and the unknown.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I absolutely loved Hollow Places by T Kingfisher and she mentioned this book as her inspiration for that novel so I had to check it out.
There are 2 things here that kept me from rating this book higher. One, I read this on my phone from Hoopla and I detest reading on my phone. Second, since this was written in 1907 the prose is of course different and required me to put in a little more effort to read the story. Both of these combined found me rushing through to reach the end of the tale, and I never felt scared or creeped out.
On a positive note, this has a really good atmosphere and I think if I were to reread it in physical format someday I would enjoy it more.
There are 2 things here that kept me from rating this book higher. One, I read this on my phone from Hoopla and I detest reading on my phone. Second, since this was written in 1907 the prose is of course different and required me to put in a little more effort to read the story. Both of these combined found me rushing through to reach the end of the tale, and I never felt scared or creeped out.
On a positive note, this has a really good atmosphere and I think if I were to reread it in physical format someday I would enjoy it more.