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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 ⭐
Bon livre, histoire intrigante et bien écrite mais je trouve qu'on se perd un peu entre les différentes histoires de chaque personnage et leur pdv, et j'ai trouvé que l'histoire prenait un peu de longueur sur la fin du livre
Mais globalement une bonne lecture, j'avais adoré La dernière maison avant les bois (qui était un 5 étoiles, un de mes livres favoris de 2023), j'ai hâte de voir ce que l'autrice écrira à l'avenir
Bon livre, histoire intrigante et bien écrite mais je trouve qu'on se perd un peu entre les différentes histoires de chaque personnage et leur pdv, et j'ai trouvé que l'histoire prenait un peu de longueur sur la fin du livre
Mais globalement une bonne lecture, j'avais adoré La dernière maison avant les bois (qui était un 5 étoiles, un de mes livres favoris de 2023), j'ai hâte de voir ce que l'autrice écrira à l'avenir
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hardback- There’s so many books inside this book. I’m not kidding, I counted at least five swirling through this mass of atmosphere. Catriona Ward always, ALWAYS manages to write a story that grips me utterly by the chest and doesn’t let go until it’s over and I’m thinking about it for days and days after reading. She’s managed to weave several threads together into a deeply unsettling seaside horror that bites at your heels.
The way that Ward pulls you through the book makes you think, truly think, that you know where it’s going, but then you get closer to what you think is the end, and she grabs you by the ankles and leaves you gasping for breath on the beach and wondering how you got there and how she did it.
The story wraps a tragic teenage romance, chilling ghost story, a timeline of a seaside friendship, murder mystery and unsettling, witchy horror/thriller into a neat bow tied with fishing line.
The way that Ward pulls you through the book makes you think, truly think, that you know where it’s going, but then you get closer to what you think is the end, and she grabs you by the ankles and leaves you gasping for breath on the beach and wondering how you got there and how she did it.
The story wraps a tragic teenage romance, chilling ghost story, a timeline of a seaside friendship, murder mystery and unsettling, witchy horror/thriller into a neat bow tied with fishing line.
challenging
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
No one can gaslight me and toy with my emotions for 90% of a book quite like Catriona Ward. She’s such a real one for that. 5/5
I’m not sure Catriona Ward’s books are for me. This is the second one I haven’t finished. I am just not a fan of the writing style or characters she writes. Which is disappointing because the ideas for her books are so interesting and sound exactly like my style.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes