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swampbooks's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
What started off as a calculated move by Jane in order to keep a stable life eventually spiraled into web of logistical improbabilities - something she was not accustomed to facing as someone who relied on the stability of numbers.
The story captured gothic and medical horror beautifully. It combined math and magic to build something that was constantly on the verge of collapse.
While I loved the unsettling feeling I got while reading this, the writing grew more and more muddled. This reflected Jane’s increasingly erratic state of mind (an intriguing way of storytelling) but it made it a bit too difficult to keep up at times.
What started off as a calculated move by Jane in order to keep a stable life eventually spiraled into web of logistical improbabilities - something she was not accustomed to facing as someone who relied on the stability of numbers.
The story captured gothic and medical horror beautifully. It combined math and magic to build something that was constantly on the verge of collapse.
While I loved the unsettling feeling I got while reading this, the writing grew more and more muddled. This reflected Jane’s increasingly erratic state of mind (an intriguing way of storytelling) but it made it a bit too difficult to keep up at times.
gretelchen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Lovely, haunting book and took several turns I did not see coming! And I would argue that happy ending was earned after everything Jane and Augustine went through!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: War
autumnvelvet's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
booksadoodle's review against another edition
5.0
So unexpected was this tale, and not my usual genre. Really, really liked it though, and it has made a great creepy companion for this Halloween season.
mreadz's review against another edition
3.0
(2.5/5☆)
Personally, this book wasn’t for me. I really thought I would enjoy it more than I did, but simply did not.
It was kind of all over the place in my opinion, but I really loved the gothic atmosphere shown throughout the book!
Personally, this book wasn’t for me. I really thought I would enjoy it more than I did, but simply did not.
It was kind of all over the place in my opinion, but I really loved the gothic atmosphere shown throughout the book!
suvata's review against another edition
4.0
• NetGalley Shelf audiobook ARC
• Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing this Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is October 5, 2021.
Strong Jane Eyre vibes! In order to secure her independence and employment in the early 1900s, Jane Shoringfield proposes a “marriage of convenience” to the handsome but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence. On their wedding night, the fearless surgeon becomes troubled and paranoid - haunted by nightmares. Yep, some Jekyll and Hyde vibes too! This novel is written in a classic gothic horror style - Unsettling, disturbing, forbidding and full of malevolent spirits. If you’re in for some page-turning Halloween creepiness, this is your book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing this Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is October 5, 2021.
Strong Jane Eyre vibes! In order to secure her independence and employment in the early 1900s, Jane Shoringfield proposes a “marriage of convenience” to the handsome but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence. On their wedding night, the fearless surgeon becomes troubled and paranoid - haunted by nightmares. Yep, some Jekyll and Hyde vibes too! This novel is written in a classic gothic horror style - Unsettling, disturbing, forbidding and full of malevolent spirits. If you’re in for some page-turning Halloween creepiness, this is your book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
cmdufresne's review against another edition
4.0
A Gothic horror showing the slow progression from logic into madness. Uniquely unsettling and cleverly written. I enjoyed the characters, and was intrigued by the plot, but am also a chicken so had to take breaks when it became too much for me. Not a book for the faint of heart.
bemyguest93's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
rebelkiss's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of the ebook.
This book gripped me from the start. It had a bit of romance that wasn’t overly in your face. Then it had mystery and suspense. Towards the end it did drag on a bit too much for me. But I was eager to learn how the story would end
This book gripped me from the start. It had a bit of romance that wasn’t overly in your face. Then it had mystery and suspense. Towards the end it did drag on a bit too much for me. But I was eager to learn how the story would end