Reviews

The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly

kat_hills's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

roseforemily's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

edithwannell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

jackiecromarty62's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

ctait2106's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ellawaters97's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

jbro363's review against another edition

Bored

angelica_jardinerica's review

3.0

The main issue I had with this book was I couldn't identify with any of the characters or the thread of the plot. The character flaws all seemed a bit too clichéd and stereotyped to be credible, and the plot was just too bizarre to draw me in. It's unnecessarily long - there's a lot of information that doesn't really add anything to the plot or the character development. It all got incomprehensibly convoluted, losing momentum about half way through, which was when I almost lost interest completely. As I find it difficult to DNF books I persevered and it did pick up towards the last third, although it did seem that the writer was trying too hard to tie up ends and force the pieces of the puzzle into place. I found the writing really uninspiring and jarring at times, especially the unnecessarily detailed passages about the art world which made me feel like I was reading a newspaper. 

laura_jf_17's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

almotters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5