Reviews - The Animals at Lockwood Manor

613 reviews for:

The Animals at Lockwood Manor

Jane Healey

3.41 AVERAGE

anachronistique's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 25%

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

liliom's review against another edition

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.

erin_dodge's review against another edition

5.0

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

kayla85's review against another edition

3.5

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

caeliniscreepy's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

sarahtokar's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional 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

Pretty predictable. Hetty’s frustrating inner dialogue got really irritating. I did like some of the descriptions of the house and animals - lots of good details and literary devices.

softrosemint's review against another edition

3.25

A pretty atmospheric and competently written novel with compelling characters (so really, the rating is probably just above 3 stars but not quite at 3.5). Unfortunately, I was hoping more gothic elements and also found the story to be dragging at times. Still worth a shot if you enjoy historic settings.

For the benefit of most oomf, yes, there are lesbians in this novel and, yes, none of them die or are horrifically punished by the narrative.