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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
Although solid enough I felt that I've read better gothic stories that have done the same story but better.
A woman wakes up in an asylum and has amnesia. The book is the mystery surrounding this woman, Georgina. She knows who she is, but no one believes her. Great story set in the 1800's when people were locked up against their will because they were mentally ill. They were then at the mercy of their doctors/captors. The book would have been better without having lesbians--although treated without much detail, but adds to the swindling of the woman.
The majority of this book was a 4 star read for me because I found it so enthralling. The ending was a bit rushed and it was hard to keep track of all the names and people within the story. Overall, I had a good time. It makes me want to read more gothic Victorian books.
Loved, loved the first third of this. Then it turned my head 'round with a bit of dizziness. I was probably just reading too quickly & got light-headed. There were a couple of times I really didn't understand how the characters came to a certain conclusion. I re-read passages & it was still confusing. He's fab with the atmosphere though; I wish he would write his gothic creepers more often.
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
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
This wasn't a bad read but but it wasn't too hard to see where it was going. The only thing I was uncertain about was whether a supernatural element would creep in. I think I was hoping for a few more real scares and surprises.
3.5 c:
More complex than I figured, with non-simplified relational identities. I usually dislike the narrative coming to rely on letters, but I did care monumentally for the various plots told in that format.
More complex than I figured, with non-simplified relational identities. I usually dislike the narrative coming to rely on letters, but I did care monumentally for the various plots told in that format.
This was a page-turner, but it feels a bit slight. Some of the issues are things I associate with the Gothic genre -- people tend to fit "types" and the characterization is a little bit lacking, for example. However, a large part of the problem is that the plotting just isn't very good. Plot elements are either foreshadowed heavy-handedly, or just dropped in without warning. There's a lot that's genuinely creepy here, and the book is entertaining, but I didn't feel it quite lived up to its promise.