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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
[ 3.5 ★’s ]
just really wish that it hadn’t gone all supernatural towards the end 😤
just really wish that it hadn’t gone all supernatural towards the end 😤
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Devilishy deliciously creepily good. I didn't sleep for a while after this. Children being buried alive, spending time with them in the coffins, feeling their pain, fear, wondering what is going to happen next...
There's some sick twisted people in this story but there's an author who puts them in a giant pot, stirs them up and picks them out even more deviously devious than before! There's also a story behind this story, alluded to in the author note - why she wanted to write a book which alludes to and examines the Pendle Witches
Sharon Bolton what are you doing to me? CRAFTING a very very fine story that's what!
Bravo! Kept me in suspense until the end. I didn’t figure this one out!
Florence Lovelady began her career in the police in a small town in Lancashire. She is instrumental in arresting a murderer of several teens. In 1969, she was subjected to terrible treatment by her fellow police officers because she was from the south, had gone to university, and most of all because she was a woman. Thirty years later when the convicted murderer dies in prison she returns to the town.
The novel is written as a series of flashbacks, intersecting with current day events. Lovelady is not satisfied with leaving the past in the past as most protagonists of police procedurals are wont to do. With 30 years more experience and maturity, she starts to question whether the man they locked up was in fact the person who committed the murders.
Bolton is one of my favorite thriller/ police procedural writers. She comes through in this novel. It is creepy, and at times nearly terrifying. It is clever, and keeps readers guessing until the bitter end, who was responsible for there terrible murders.
The novel is written as a series of flashbacks, intersecting with current day events. Lovelady is not satisfied with leaving the past in the past as most protagonists of police procedurals are wont to do. With 30 years more experience and maturity, she starts to question whether the man they locked up was in fact the person who committed the murders.
Bolton is one of my favorite thriller/ police procedural writers. She comes through in this novel. It is creepy, and at times nearly terrifying. It is clever, and keeps readers guessing until the bitter end, who was responsible for there terrible murders.
Whoooo that was a good one! Creepy, dark, interesting, and informative- loved the elements of the occult and the history of the Lancashire area. The killings that are at the heart of this story are extremely hard to read about and imagine, but after the first few chapters when they are described- there is not too much more of that and the focus turns to the investigation, not the victims, so it doesn’t feel gratuitous.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I didn’t guess the villain until 3/4 of the way through, and even then I wasn’t completely right. Great mystery thriller!