Reviews

Heartstones by Ruth Rendell

waytoomanybooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

What a page turner and what twists! You don't know who to trust, and to say any more would spoil the fun. Be mindful of trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Classism, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

david611's review

4.0

3.75 stars

A good novella of about seventy pages. Has a great Gothic and a haunting atmosphere. Wonderful story, narrated by a teenage girl, with a difference! Not precisely a crime mystery, but only a reader would know. :)

Having read two of her short story collections, a standalone novel and now this book, I am convinced that Ruth Rendell is an amazing writer (not sure of her Inspector Wexford stories though, never read any of those yet). Her characters are weird, and eccentric, many times with some or the other sort of mental issues or distorted feelings and thoughts. Its stuff of what I like. :)
This one is recommended.

fluffypinklig's review

dark fast-paced

3.0

acarvajal's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

thatonenerdygirl's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a banger! Loved it to pieces