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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content
I received this from Netgalley for review. If you are a fan of Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and the writer Sarah Waters' oeuvre, you might well enjoy this book. It's a tense, psychological, slightly spooky drama, set in war time Britain. It wasn't for me. I've just read too many books like this and I'm afraid I guessed most of the twists before they were revealed, but if this kind of thing is your bag, it's a good one of the genre.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The real strength in this book, which at first glance looks like ' just another women in WWII fiction' book, is it's atmosphere. The imagery is incredible, and the fact that it's about women and taxidermy (both, in a sense, trapped) comes through very well. Perfect for lovers of Du Maurier. At times predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The biggest problem was how boring it was. It's extremely slow paced and barely anything happens.
Then the main characters were rather frustrating. They were very 'woe is me' and 'oh no, am I going mad?' throughout the whole book and annoyingly passive about the strange going ons around the house.
The book is certainly atmospheric, the large house and the strangeness of living in such a large house with mostly strangers was a big part of the book and I think well done.
And I suspect that the book was intended to be like it, that it'd be more atmospheric than about investigating a mystery but it was all just very meh to me.
Then the main characters were rather frustrating. They were very 'woe is me' and 'oh no, am I going mad?' throughout the whole book and annoyingly passive about the strange going ons around the house.
The book is certainly atmospheric, the large house and the strangeness of living in such a large house with mostly strangers was a big part of the book and I think well done.
And I suspect that the book was intended to be like it, that it'd be more atmospheric than about investigating a mystery but it was all just very meh to me.
dark
mysterious
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Why is this categorized as a fantasy?
Innamorata della bellissima cover e attirata dalla trama, ho voluto provare a leggere questo libro che ho trovato interessante. Il mistero relativo al maniero è stata un'attrattiva niente male così come la storia della famiglia proprietaria della tenuta. Unica pecca è la ripetitività della protagonista la quale usa addirittura sempre le stesse parole per far emergere la sua preoccupazione da custode di museo ossessiva.