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A review by swampbooks
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
3.0
3.5 stars
What started off as a calculated move by Jane in order to keep a stable life eventually spiraled into web of logistical improbabilities - something she was not accustomed to facing as someone who relied on the stability of numbers.
The story captured gothic and medical horror beautifully. It combined math and magic to build something that was constantly on the verge of collapse.
While I loved the unsettling feeling I got while reading this, the writing grew more and more muddled. This reflected Jane’s increasingly erratic state of mind (an intriguing way of storytelling) but it made it a bit too difficult to keep up at times.
What started off as a calculated move by Jane in order to keep a stable life eventually spiraled into web of logistical improbabilities - something she was not accustomed to facing as someone who relied on the stability of numbers.
The story captured gothic and medical horror beautifully. It combined math and magic to build something that was constantly on the verge of collapse.
While I loved the unsettling feeling I got while reading this, the writing grew more and more muddled. This reflected Jane’s increasingly erratic state of mind (an intriguing way of storytelling) but it made it a bit too difficult to keep up at times.