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A review by moth_dance
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
3.0
Compelling, but not exactly everything I wanted it to be.
I wish Elisabeth Thomas went full gothic haunted house. Or maybe she should've leaned into more SF elements? Or just leave out the plasm subplot all together? This feeling might just be my lingering desire for more insane speculative-academia books like [b:Bunny|42815544|Bunny|Mona Awad|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544742360l/42815544._SY75_.jpg|58221942].
At one point Ines was feeling a lot like Euphoria's Rue, and that was really fucking exciting! Sadly, she felt washed out and boring towards the final pages...
(tbh the ways in which Catherine is set-up reminded me of my graduate program at NYU's Gallatin, and that was hitting too close for comfort at the moment...)
I wish Elisabeth Thomas went full gothic haunted house. Or maybe she should've leaned into more SF elements? Or just leave out the plasm subplot all together? This feeling might just be my lingering desire for more insane speculative-academia books like [b:Bunny|42815544|Bunny|Mona Awad|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544742360l/42815544._SY75_.jpg|58221942].
At one point Ines was feeling a lot like Euphoria's Rue, and that was really fucking exciting! Sadly, she felt washed out and boring towards the final pages...
(tbh the ways in which Catherine is set-up reminded me of my graduate program at NYU's Gallatin, and that was hitting too close for comfort at the moment...)