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A review by jacki_f
The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
3.0
In 1860, Elspeth Swansome goes to a remote Scottish island to take on a job as a nanny to 9 year old Mary who has not spoken since the death of her twin brother a few months earlier. Mary lives with her aunt in a creepy and somewhat isolated home and Elspeth hears strange noises at night. People on the island are not terribly friendly and are also reluctant to tell her how Mary's twin brother died or what happened to Mary's previous nanny.
It's an atmospheric and somewhat creepy read BUT it moves at a glacial pace and the characters felt underdeveloped. It's billed as a ghost story but it's not really clear for a very long time if there is a supernatural element or not and there are a lot of red herrings along the way about what is going on. I was fairly underwhelmed and disappointed by this one.
It's an atmospheric and somewhat creepy read BUT it moves at a glacial pace and the characters felt underdeveloped. It's billed as a ghost story but it's not really clear for a very long time if there is a supernatural element or not and there are a lot of red herrings along the way about what is going on. I was fairly underwhelmed and disappointed by this one.