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jstroem 's review for:
Bellman & Black
by Diane Setterfield
Giving this novel two stars breaks my heart because I LOVE Setterfield’s other books, but Bellman & Black simply didn’t create the same eeriness as The Thirteenth Tale and Once Upon A River did.
This is supposed to be a ghost story, and knowing her previous works I didn’t expect it to be a typical ghost story but I also didn’t expect it to be a book mainly about the workings of a mill and other business shenanigans. The frustrating thing is that I could see the story I wanted to read hidden behind long and unnecessary descriptions of different kinds of wools. When the interesting part of the story did receive attention, it felt rushed and all efforts to build suspense fell flat.
I will still read everything this woman writes, but this was definitely a miss for me.
This is supposed to be a ghost story, and knowing her previous works I didn’t expect it to be a typical ghost story but I also didn’t expect it to be a book mainly about the workings of a mill and other business shenanigans. The frustrating thing is that I could see the story I wanted to read hidden behind long and unnecessary descriptions of different kinds of wools. When the interesting part of the story did receive attention, it felt rushed and all efforts to build suspense fell flat.
I will still read everything this woman writes, but this was definitely a miss for me.