carolinepmann 's review for:

The Sandcastle by Iris Murdoch
3.0

This one read like a cross between The Bell and The Severed Head -- a family/marital drama like Severed Head, more fun than The Bell, but closer to The Bell in tone. I remain unclear on the attraction that Mor held for Rain, and the book's position, that she was looking for a replacement father-figure, only goes so far. Loved the witchcraft and and the transformative time spent in the greenwood and the mysterious recurring figure of the woodsman.