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A review by groadie
Castle Dor by Daphne du Maurier, Arthur Quiller-Crouch
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Not DuMaurier's best, might be that she was hampered by the prudishness of the era but the romance entirely lacks passion or connection. I liked the theory of an unstoppable recurring event through the ages but this idea wasn't fleshed out and felt half-hearted.
MAJOR SPOILERS: also if both principle characters have to die, why not kill them off in the dramatic moment, instead of having a dramatic moment, but then killing off both characters offscreen and separate a chapter later? Wasted drama!!!
Feel like the premise was good, kind of want some talented contemporary smut writer to take on the story and at least give the characters some kind of honest lust for the story to run on! However you will enjoy this book if you're mainly reading it for the setting in Cornwall and to learn a bit more about the Tristan and Isolda legend as I was.
MAJOR SPOILERS: also if both principle characters have to die, why not kill them off in the dramatic moment, instead of having a dramatic moment, but then killing off both characters offscreen and separate a chapter later? Wasted drama!!!
Feel like the premise was good, kind of want some talented contemporary smut writer to take on the story and at least give the characters some kind of honest lust for the story to run on! However you will enjoy this book if you're mainly reading it for the setting in Cornwall and to learn a bit more about the Tristan and Isolda legend as I was.