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The Fascination
by Essie Fox
I loved this so much. The characters are so rich - I adore Theo, Keziah, and Tilly, the heart of the novel, but the minor characters are the ones that I feel truly have my heart. I would die for Aleski Turgenev!!!!!
The plot is fairly predictable, but I feel like it's predictable in the way of 19th century novels like Dickens and Gaskell, where you know where the story is going but it doesn't matter because it's more about how the characters get there. Even though I knew more or less how it would all end, it was really satisfying to follow it through each point, and I thought the various twists and turns were delicately handled so that Big Reveals never felt irritating or overwrought, and the laying out of clues were very enjoyable!
Beautifully written, a little eerie at times, and ultimately driven by a cast of lovable characters that I adored!
The plot is fairly predictable, but I feel like it's predictable in the way of 19th century novels like Dickens and Gaskell, where you know where the story is going but it doesn't matter because it's more about how the characters get there. Even though I knew more or less how it would all end, it was really satisfying to follow it through each point, and I thought the various twists and turns were delicately handled so that Big Reveals never felt irritating or overwrought, and the laying out of clues were very enjoyable!
Beautifully written, a little eerie at times, and ultimately driven by a cast of lovable characters that I adored!