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A review by gen_wolfhailstorm
Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ
The first 3 chapters filled me with such dread. I felt so uneasy. It kept that hostility throughout and though I felt uncomfortable from the creepy atmosphere, I ended up blitzing through the rest, in the 2nd week of book club. I couldn't get through it quick enough.
As soon as Sophie got to her families house in Skye, the house and inhabitants just felt so wrong... I felt scared reading about the littlest sister and that bloody parrot!
There was some definite descriptions of mental health that aren't very PC today and I think, had it been written a few years later, it would have taken the topic with more tenderness. I don't like how mental illness was used as a plot device... it was like "blame it on the crazies", which isn't fair.
Some of the characters urked me, but despite having a pretty much full unlikeable cast, it didn't diminish my enjoyment.
Overall, I was thoroughly scared and enjoyed the direction the story went. The tense atmosphere and creepy haunted house/possessed doll classic, was modernised very well and entertained me all the way through.
The first 3 chapters filled me with such dread. I felt so uneasy. It kept that hostility throughout and though I felt uncomfortable from the creepy atmosphere, I ended up blitzing through the rest, in the 2nd week of book club. I couldn't get through it quick enough.
As soon as Sophie got to her families house in Skye, the house and inhabitants just felt so wrong... I felt scared reading about the littlest sister and that bloody parrot!
There was some definite descriptions of mental health that aren't very PC today and I think, had it been written a few years later, it would have taken the topic with more tenderness. I don't like how mental illness was used as a plot device... it was like "blame it on the crazies", which isn't fair.
Some of the characters urked me, but despite having a pretty much full unlikeable cast, it didn't diminish my enjoyment.
Overall, I was thoroughly scared and enjoyed the direction the story went. The tense atmosphere and creepy haunted house/possessed doll classic, was modernised very well and entertained me all the way through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Self harm
Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, and Animal cruelty