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erikashmerika 's review for:
The Blackhouse
by Peter May
This is a good story: well-written, strong characters that don’t blend into each other, prominent setting, an engaging mystery. The past is woven into the present in such a way as to let the mystery unfold for the reader, rather than having it presented to them. It may just be my state of mind at the time of reading it, but there were times I felt like I wasn’t going to make it to the end of the book. I kept thinking, ‘who cares? Get on with it!’. But like I said, I think that was more my own headspace, rather than the book. I do feel like the ending was sort of too neatly wrapped up and concise; like, I get what the author was going for, but it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Contrary to the first 90% of the book, he could have drawn the ending out a little. But this is a story I will remember reading, and probably remember enjoying.