A review by passidesir
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

2.0

I have never previously read a book by this author but i likened the writing. I like the story telling. I liked the little facts about the rooks. As well as the references to birds and humans. But it got to a part where I only cared about the birds and nothing else.

I feel like this book could have benefited if it had an actual plot. There’s no natural projection of the story. I found myself asking myself a lot during this book what the point. what was it leading to. It didn’t have much character development. The characters never really changed. The main character was a workaholic.

At the heart of it it was just a story about a guy who worked himself to death essentially. But the story didn’t have a message in the end. He worked insistently then died. Simple as that.

But I can see why this book doesn’t have good ratings it just meandered through everything.

Also this book is blurbed and tagged incorrectly there’s is no ghost or horror aspect mentioned anywhere in there.