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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-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:
Yes
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
A stunning debut - dark, disturbing and deeply uncomfortable in many ways. Highly recommended literary suspense with a cult at its heart, exploring exploitative power, coercive control and group think with devastating consequences.
dark
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:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Spoilt Creatures is Amy Twigg's debut novel about a cult of women.
I went into this book imagining that it would have more surreal elements, but I came across a much more down to earth story of what it means to leave a society that violates us on a daily basis.
We follow Iris's monotonous life and the way she finds to escape it, a community in Breach House, where Hazel, a woman Iris becomes obsessed with, also lives.
Amy Twigg's writing is poetic but very clear, and I found myself gripped by the story of each of these characters. Slowly we begin to realise how power games, abuse and cruelty also come through the door of Breach House and begin to take over the walls of the house.
Although there are no surreal elements, there are almost mystical characters who, although we know little or nothing about them, their presence is felt even in their absence. We also realise that toxic relationships also exist in this house, especially between Iris and Hazel (the most interesting character in the book, in my opinion), and how it is these bonds that hold this house-community together.
It's from the moment an outside presence arrives at Breach House that the story begins to change tone and we start to see cracks and imperfections in this seemingly idyllic community.
I really enjoyed this story, giving us a surprising and satisfying ending.
Twigg made me wonder if I was capable or what it would take to drop everything and join these women, and I came to the conclusion: maybe less than I expected.
Spoilt Creatures was the July choice of a Booklcub in which I participate and the discussion after reading the book made me enjoy the experience even more.
I went into this book imagining that it would have more surreal elements, but I came across a much more down to earth story of what it means to leave a society that violates us on a daily basis.
We follow Iris's monotonous life and the way she finds to escape it, a community in Breach House, where Hazel, a woman Iris becomes obsessed with, also lives.
Amy Twigg's writing is poetic but very clear, and I found myself gripped by the story of each of these characters. Slowly we begin to realise how power games, abuse and cruelty also come through the door of Breach House and begin to take over the walls of the house.
Although there are no surreal elements, there are almost mystical characters who, although we know little or nothing about them, their presence is felt even in their absence. We also realise that toxic relationships also exist in this house, especially between Iris and Hazel (the most interesting character in the book, in my opinion), and how it is these bonds that hold this house-community together.
It's from the moment an outside presence arrives at Breach House that the story begins to change tone and we start to see cracks and imperfections in this seemingly idyllic community.
I really enjoyed this story, giving us a surprising and satisfying ending.
Twigg made me wonder if I was capable or what it would take to drop everything and join these women, and I came to the conclusion: maybe less than I expected.
Spoilt Creatures was the July choice of a Booklcub in which I participate and the discussion after reading the book made me enjoy the experience even more.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated