A review by karolyne
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

dark mysterious tense

it was interesting to see it from a perspective that is not carmilla’s, it makes her character more intriguing, but it also makes her whole character to be flat and unreachable. i wish there was some sort of document she wrote explaining her story (perhaps loose pages of a diary) that they find on their investigation — or maybe more scenes of them together so we can see how their relationship seemed to be so loving and maybe even with a hint that carmilla was actually liking her. reading the story did not bring me as much empathy for the narrator as i thought it would, 2 or 3 pages of a her explaining how her health deteriorates or an descriptions of the mix of feelings she feels after carmilla leaves would be enough. it’s a book with potential and an interesting story, but it seems off and dragged for most of it.