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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I didn't get who was who most of the time. Another one I'd have to see.
adventurous
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
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I grew up believing that this was based on a true story, so it was really interesting to read the actual story. It’s not so much a story about the picnic/disappearances, as it is actually about everyone else involved and how they deal with the event.
was pretty much begging for a dramatic turn or plot contrivance by the end of this thing. it's a bold structure for an otherwise interesting true story, but the author is more interested in lingering on abstract motifs than on narrative. usually a recipe for a great novel (my year of rest and relaxation!) but in this case just robs the experience of a satisfying catharsis.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
this book is cosmic horror and you can't change my mind
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury
3.5 stars.
Truly beautiful writing and many fantastic elements to the plot and its characters. However, the story remains somewhat underdeveloped with some moments of great potential abandoned prematurely.
Overall, Picnic at Hanging Rock is an enjoyable novel that definitely has a spot on my re-reads list.
Truly beautiful writing and many fantastic elements to the plot and its characters. However, the story remains somewhat underdeveloped with some moments of great potential abandoned prematurely.
Overall, Picnic at Hanging Rock is an enjoyable novel that definitely has a spot on my re-reads list.
[b:Picnic at Hanging Rock|34785405|Picnic at Hanging Rock|Joan Lindsay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546048425l/34785405._SY75_.jpg|1193116] was not at all what I expected, which was stuffy and Victorian. If anything, the book completely subverts the stuffy and Victorian, where things are prim, proper, and respectably corseted and gloved on the outside, all of which hides the rotten, the sensual, and the sinful within. I remarked at one point that I was most reminded of [b:The Turn of the Screw|12948|The Turn of the Screw|Henry James|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567172392l/12948._SY75_.jpg|990886] and [b:In the Woods|2459785|In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)|Tana French|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562761513l/2459785._SY75_.jpg|3088141], or some kind of unholy mashup of the two. I am obviously not afraid of oblique denouements because I loved all three of these books.
After some subsequent digging, I found evidence that Joan Lindsay very much admired Henry James' Turn of the Screw, and also that Tana French may have drawn from Picnic at Hanging Rock when she wrote In the Woods, so perhaps there is a uniting thread through all three of these books after all!
After some subsequent digging, I found evidence that Joan Lindsay very much admired Henry James' Turn of the Screw, and also that Tana French may have drawn from Picnic at Hanging Rock when she wrote In the Woods, so perhaps there is a uniting thread through all three of these books after all!
Couldn't get into it.
Didn't enjoy the writing style or narration.
Didn't enjoy the writing style or narration.