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mccallreeder 's review for:
The London Séance Society
by Sarah Penner
Finishing this was a struggle. And I have to blame myself a little because I LOVE The Lost Apothecary, Penner’s debut. So my expectations were high for this entrancing follow up about a Seance Society with too many secrets to count.
It just… often didn’t add up. I found the timeline and dual perspectives fuzzy, confusing, and ultimately unbelievable. And I’m typically a sucker for a good ghost story, which is not this.
It’s marketed as a sultry tale of seance and secret, but is more a messy murder mystery with a half hearted love story built in.
Lastly, Penner’s writing style fell so flat in this one. So much telling, no much added detail. Messy perspective switches and outlandish plot twists and you hate every one.
I will say a praise, her author’s note saved it for me. The nonfiction study she had behind it was admirable and much more interesting than the tale itself. A story with more of that, please.
Still, I will give her next book a chance because again I believe in her after TLA and am hoping this one just wasn’t for me.
It just… often didn’t add up. I found the timeline and dual perspectives fuzzy, confusing, and ultimately unbelievable. And I’m typically a sucker for a good ghost story, which is not this.
It’s marketed as a sultry tale of seance and secret, but is more a messy murder mystery with a half hearted love story built in.
Lastly, Penner’s writing style fell so flat in this one. So much telling, no much added detail. Messy perspective switches and outlandish plot twists and you hate every one.
I will say a praise, her author’s note saved it for me. The nonfiction study she had behind it was admirable and much more interesting than the tale itself. A story with more of that, please.
Still, I will give her next book a chance because again I believe in her after TLA and am hoping this one just wasn’t for me.