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libraryghostie's review against another edition
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? Yes
0.5
I really dislike this book. It was recommended in a Christian book group. I bought it, forgot about for six months, and then picked it up again. 200 pages in, I remembered that I’d been told that this book is Christian fiction, but I was really confused and looked it up on Goodreads because it didn’t seem like Faith was a strong point until the last 80 pages when God was brought up several times a chapter. I did not appreciate that the book is about women, but neither character was strongly developed and both were pretty weak. I assumed from the description that Perliett would be a strong woman who knew what she was doing, but she spends 400 pages swooning over two men and handing out quack remedies. None of this is what I was led to expect.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gore, Stalking, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical content, Body horror, Infertility, Confinement, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny
Minor: Forced institutionalization
readwithrosemary's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Thank you to NetGalley and Bethany House Publishers for my copy in exchange for a review.
“But I can tell you this. I think the line between life and the spiritual world is thin. I think it’s also something that engages our curiosity and could be extremely dangerous if we’re not cautious.”
Jaime Jo Wright always manages to blend mystery, dual timelines, Faith, and horror
into a unique cocktail that just works. While I haven’t read all of her work, this book was definitely the scariest of the ones I have read.
I really liked how the mystery in 1910 and the present day mystery intertwined. Both female main characters, who are grieving different ways, were so well written. I also liked how Wright highlighted the spiritualist movement in the early 1900s and the relatable human desire to communicate with our beloved deceased. I really loved her Author’s Note in which she describes how she puts her faith in God but also acknowledges how God can often use signs to “comfort in grief in various ways,”
Read if you love:
-spooky farmhouses
-cold cases
-creepy cornfields
-mysterious seances
-disturbing nursery rhymes
CW: miscarriage, postpartum depression, murder, violence against women
“But I can tell you this. I think the line between life and the spiritual world is thin. I think it’s also something that engages our curiosity and could be extremely dangerous if we’re not cautious.”
Jaime Jo Wright always manages to blend mystery, dual timelines, Faith, and horror
into a unique cocktail that just works. While I haven’t read all of her work, this book was definitely the scariest of the ones I have read.
I really liked how the mystery in 1910 and the present day mystery intertwined. Both female main characters, who are grieving different ways, were so well written. I also liked how Wright highlighted the spiritualist movement in the early 1900s and the relatable human desire to communicate with our beloved deceased. I really loved her Author’s Note in which she describes how she puts her faith in God but also acknowledges how God can often use signs to “comfort in grief in various ways,”
Read if you love:
-spooky farmhouses
-cold cases
-creepy cornfields
-mysterious seances
-disturbing nursery rhymes
CW: miscarriage, postpartum depression, murder, violence against women
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Violence and Miscarriage
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