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A review by gwalt118
The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks
2.0
Gothic literature is my favorite genre. Tin House is my favorite publisher. I assumed this would be a winning combination, and I admittedly failed to manage my own expectations of this novel. It took me a few days to figure out why this one didn't work for me, and I have three reasons:
1) Diana's point of view really threw me off. I only wanted there to be one woman in distress, and there were two, and I generally didn't like it. It distracted me. When I first encountered Diana's point of view, I actually thought it was the point of view of the house...and I would have likely loved that.
2) There were some very bizarre plot points and a few things that I thought were either very weird or too obvious. It felt like the Gothic elements were checkboxes rather than aspects woven into the plot or characters.
3) The ending is not a standard Gothic novel ending. And that's all I'll say. Message me if you want to know more.
Overall, this was a frustrating read for me. I still love Gothic novels, Tin House, and reading my shelves though!
1) Diana's point of view really threw me off. I only wanted there to be one woman in distress, and there were two, and I generally didn't like it. It distracted me. When I first encountered Diana's point of view, I actually thought it was the point of view of the house...and I would have likely loved that.
2) There were some very bizarre plot points and a few things that I thought were either very weird or too obvious. It felt like the Gothic elements were checkboxes rather than aspects woven into the plot or characters.
3) The ending is not a standard Gothic novel ending. And that's all I'll say. Message me if you want to know more.
Overall, this was a frustrating read for me. I still love Gothic novels, Tin House, and reading my shelves though!