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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t usually go for historical books but I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected!
Though I can’t comment on how historically accurate it is (though the reviews I’ve seen say it’s not), I did like the concept of the story and the plot. I loved Hetty and Lucy’s friendship development. Lord Lockwood was a complete dick though, literally the worst character in the book, and I think that was the authors intention!
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
- the run-on sentences were EVERYWHERE and it didn't feel like it achieved an effect, it just read like sloppy editing
- it felt very predictable
- neither of our protagonists voices felt differentiated enough
- I had the thought that I'd rather be reading the Sarah Waters version of this book, which is not going to flatter this one
back to the library it goes
slow-paced
You feel as though you're going mad with the characters. At times it is incredibly atmospheric and engaging and at times I felt myself bored.
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I was disappointed that the cause of all the trouble didn't turn out to be paranormal. I really enjoyed the sense of not knowing if there were ghosts or not and the final reveal spoiled it.
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I was disappointed that the cause of all the trouble didn't turn out to be paranormal. I really enjoyed the sense of not knowing if there were ghosts or not and the final reveal spoiled it.
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
I loved this suspenseful and dark gothic tale- the ghosts, the mystery, the personal intrigues, psychological torment and power games… layers of cruelty and oppression, and the subversive and hopeful, liberating lesbian love story. Wonderful
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes