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A review by 1outside
Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White
3.0
This was among the bulk of free e-books I found recently, and while I initially wanted to read The Spiral Staircase first, I found out that out of the 3 ELW books in the bulk, this one was the earliest, the part of me obsessed with chronology just wouldn't let me start with the second oldest book.
It was not an easy read the first few chapters. Language too florid and metaphor-heavy. But I persevered, and was rewarded with a page-turner, several more or less annoying characters, and a mediocre story. Could have been so much worse...but I can see why ELW is nowadays somewhat forgotten, in comparison with Ms Christie.
It was not an easy read the first few chapters. Language too florid and metaphor-heavy. But I persevered, and was rewarded with a page-turner, several more or less annoying characters, and a mediocre story. Could have been so much worse...but I can see why ELW is nowadays somewhat forgotten, in comparison with Ms Christie.