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A review by waregemma
Saving Lucia by Anna Vaught
2.0
I was so excited about the plot of this book. These are people in history I know so little about, the themes were interesting, I loved the asylum setting.
The way it was narrated though was so confusing. I appreciate that the author was showing us the glimpse of the tormented minds, but did she have to do it whilst making me feel insane also. I spent long stretches reading parts thinking it was Lucia's point of view, then she would make a reference to being in Rome and I would realise that in fact the "I" in this scenario was Violet, so I had to go back and start that section again. It took me so long to get through that I lost interest on several occasions and it would take me so long to get back on top of it once I had put it down.
In the end it felt a little too much like a chore.
The way it was narrated though was so confusing. I appreciate that the author was showing us the glimpse of the tormented minds, but did she have to do it whilst making me feel insane also. I spent long stretches reading parts thinking it was Lucia's point of view, then she would make a reference to being in Rome and I would realise that in fact the "I" in this scenario was Violet, so I had to go back and start that section again. It took me so long to get through that I lost interest on several occasions and it would take me so long to get back on top of it once I had put it down.
In the end it felt a little too much like a chore.