A review by meemawreads
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This is one of the worst books I’ve read in recent memory. The pacing is strange, I kept forgetting it was the 90s and had very little sense of the passage of time. The characters aren’t supposed to talk about the past so it’s hard to feel connected to them. The main character’s motivations make little sense to me, the plot is shaky, the dialogue veered into the unbelievable. What the author chose to go into detail about confused me, and I couldn’t ever imagine the house itself. I couldn’t get grounded in the people, place or time… so why did I finish? No idea. I just wanted something spooky. 
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