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A review by cmasterson
The Stradivarius by Rae Knowles
5.0
I received a signed copy of The Stradivarius from the author (I paid for it, I'm just very grateful I got one, even though I was late on the call.)
I don't know what I was expecting this book to be. I think my mind went to a haunted house story, because of course it would be in an abandoned manor where a man was murdered. With that being said, I got something far more interesting. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, undoubtedly: reality has so many horrible fates for us. The depiction of gaslighting in this is so believable that I told Rae (numerous times) that I was seething with anger in real life. Apart from this, this book also encapsulates my first literary love. Mystery. I really wish I was able to read this all in a cohesive session, but time and grad school reading got in the way. From the strands that I didn't drop from my reading intermissions, I can tell you that this mystery is artfully crafted.
This book is an amazing debut novel, and I hope you will give it a chance.
I don't know what I was expecting this book to be. I think my mind went to a haunted house story, because of course it would be in an abandoned manor where a man was murdered. With that being said, I got something far more interesting. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, undoubtedly: reality has so many horrible fates for us. The depiction of gaslighting in this is so believable that I told Rae (numerous times) that I was seething with anger in real life. Apart from this, this book also encapsulates my first literary love. Mystery. I really wish I was able to read this all in a cohesive session, but time and grad school reading got in the way. From the strands that I didn't drop from my reading intermissions, I can tell you that this mystery is artfully crafted.
This book is an amazing debut novel, and I hope you will give it a chance.