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What Happened at Hawthorne House by Hadassah Shiradski
2.0
What Happened at Hawthone House was a little novella about young girls in an Orphanage who antagonize one another for the first 60% of the book. The other 40% is told from a different POV of ‘What happened’.
As of novella, I feel it had the potential to expand on the interesting storyline, dive into character development, and answer a few of my unanswered questions. The remaining 40% lacked the depth to complete a full tale. Nothing felt wrapped up at the end.
Who is the Matron? Why was she so scary? What of the girls’ past? How did they come up with the game? What happened to the visitors and to future ones? What happened to the house?
As a writer, Hadassah Shiradski is pretty damn good. I say she has great potential once her craft finally finds it’s full voice.
As of novella, I feel it had the potential to expand on the interesting storyline, dive into character development, and answer a few of my unanswered questions. The remaining 40% lacked the depth to complete a full tale. Nothing felt wrapped up at the end.
Who is the Matron? Why was she so scary? What of the girls’ past? How did they come up with the game? What happened to the visitors and to future ones? What happened to the house?
As a writer, Hadassah Shiradski is pretty damn good. I say she has great potential once her craft finally finds it’s full voice.