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daumari 's review for:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Little baffled as to why our resident retired German in book club didn't consider this horror, but I guess I will discuss with him...!
overall really appreciated the sense of dread with Mary Katherine, or Merricat as our first person narrator. She declares she's 18 but feels much younger, and I wonder how much of that is from the mass death of most of her family six years prior. It's short, and there's something here about ostracization by the town followed by remorse after the third act Thing happens.
I've now read something of Jackson's besides The Lottery; maybe I'll get around to Hill House at some point??
overall really appreciated the sense of dread with Mary Katherine, or Merricat as our first person narrator. She declares she's 18 but feels much younger, and I wonder how much of that is from the mass death of most of her family six years prior. It's short, and there's something here about ostracization by the town followed by remorse after the third act Thing happens.
I've now read something of Jackson's besides The Lottery; maybe I'll get around to Hill House at some point??
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder