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Melmoth by Sarah Perry

8 reviews

saintmaud's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

strange little book...

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madisonbell_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? Yes

1.5


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bootsmom3's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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funktious's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I've been putting off reading this as I was worried it would scare me - I'm very susceptible to horror but luckily it seems I can handle the written word more than anything visual.

This is an excellent book but its hard to say I enjoyed it, IYSWIM? I don't usually enjoy the gothic style but I can see why Perry used it here, to contrast with the fact that not very much actually happens while ratcheting up the tension.

I'm going to be thinking about this for a very long time, which is one of the marks of a great book to me. Particularly I'm going to have to examine what it says about my own philosophy that my final reaction to the book is that if Melmoth showed up for me I would soundly tell her to Get Bent. I think it means I'm not a nihilist? Maybe that's why I'm struggling in this current Tory hell hole. Regardless all the themes of bearing witness, being passive versus active, punishing yourself more harshly than anyone would punish you, the importance of forgiveness - a really complex book, not an easy read but almost a necessary one?

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solarflair's review against another edition

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dark sad

4.0


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sophieviii's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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aurora_dewinter's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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bookedbymadeline's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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