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A review by aklev13
A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe
4.0
3.5 stars ✨
So i’ve been really into gothic romance for a bit lately and thought why not go back to where it all started? I’m no literature historian but i feel like Ann Radcliffe has become known as like the founder of the gothic romance genre so i was like let’s go!
What i did not expect was to read something that also felt like the foundation of daytime soap operas like Days of Our Lives. There was so much family drama like with every person we met in this narrative and no one seemed to actually die, which is crazy because historically, weren’t people dying from colds and drinking water?
I’ve seen this be criticised for too much tell and not enough show and how it doesnt really explore the emotional lives of the characters and i did feel like this had a very fairytale-esque vibe to the narrative i.e ‘there once was a girl and she did this and then this and felt ever so scared’ - you get the gist. But this was also a lot of fun and did repeatedly have me muttering to myself like a crazy person because i had no idea where this was going or what would happen next so would recommend.
So i’ve been really into gothic romance for a bit lately and thought why not go back to where it all started? I’m no literature historian but i feel like Ann Radcliffe has become known as like the founder of the gothic romance genre so i was like let’s go!
What i did not expect was to read something that also felt like the foundation of daytime soap operas like Days of Our Lives. There was so much family drama like with every person we met in this narrative and no one seemed to actually die, which is crazy because historically, weren’t people dying from colds and drinking water?
I’ve seen this be criticised for too much tell and not enough show and how it doesnt really explore the emotional lives of the characters and i did feel like this had a very fairytale-esque vibe to the narrative i.e ‘there once was a girl and she did this and then this and felt ever so scared’ - you get the gist. But this was also a lot of fun and did repeatedly have me muttering to myself like a crazy person because i had no idea where this was going or what would happen next so would recommend.