A review by aneirinp
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The best way I can describe this book is that if the narrator from The Yellow Wallpaper escaped at the end of the story and became a governess. It was disturbing and I couldn’t look away the same way one cannot look away from a car crash (complimentary). I found myself concerned with how often I was rooting for the main character despite the atrocities throughout the book. I laughed at things that shouldn’t have made me laugh and the humour interlacing with the madness as you anticipated the ending enraptured me so that I will be reading again. I was sure I had managed to predict all that would happen in the end, though one detail still managed to surprise me. If you would like a look into a disturbed mind from 1800s England, but still laugh along with way (albeit quite covered in blood), this is a book for you. 
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