The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell
The Brimstone Wedding

Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell

The Brimstone Wedding

Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell

320 pages first pub 1995 (view editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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Readers who relish a brooding, unhurried psychological labyrinth that probes the corrosive edges of forbidden desire and the moral ambiguity of murder will find this novel compelling.

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The Brimstone Wedding - a masterful mystery about love and madness by bestseller Barbara Vine 'Intriguing, absorbing and compelling' Spectator Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she ...

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Community Reviews

3.72
based on 201 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 70%

dark: 60%

emotional: 30%

reflective: 30%

sad: 30%

challenging: 10%

tense: 10%


Pace

44% of readers chose medium
55% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose Plot
33% of readers chose A mix
44% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

75% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Loveable characters?

28% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

16% of readers chose Yes
83% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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