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A review by geraldine
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
honestly i was the most invested in the hoarder house part. call that #relatable. wait where's that quote about finding a spider in the hollow handle of a rake (shovel?) and going "well this belongs to the spider now" because that was ALSO #relatable. could perfectly picture the house in my mind's eye. could perfectly SMELL the house in my mind's.... nose.....??
i honestly think it could have been a little more vague and a little more unreliable narrator about things! like a little more that mouse is making some guesses that are incorrect (though not unreasonable given that she has limited perspective) like, about anna and her little poppet sentries. and also like... man she's complicated and all and i get her reasoning but i absolutely would have kept the $8000 like GIRL. HELLO
also, the author's note at the end regarding writing about a character transcribing something from memory, but then is mouse not doing the same thing the author criticizes with her grandpa's diary? she explicitly has his manuscript about the green book saved since it wasn't in the house when it burned down so she likely is directly copying what he wrote into what's she's writing up (and what we're reading) but then i didn't think she had his handwritten diary with her?? unless i missed this in which case i will mark this part out and accept that i am wrong lol
i highlighted the paragraph about central/eastern NC highways AND it got quoted by someone else out loud at my bookclub so she really had that down. this woman north carolinas. i've literally driven home from work and forgotten both where i was going AND what time it was because of how they all look literally identical. crazy
also, the author's note at the end regarding writing about a character transcribing something from memory, but then is mouse not doing the same thing the author criticizes with her grandpa's diary? she explicitly has his manuscript about the green book saved since it wasn't in the house when it burned down so she likely is directly copying what he wrote into what's she's writing up (and what we're reading) but then i didn't think she had his handwritten diary with her?? unless i missed this in which case i will mark this part out and accept that i am wrong lol
i highlighted the paragraph about central/eastern NC highways AND it got quoted by someone else out loud at my bookclub so she really had that down. this woman north carolinas. i've literally driven home from work and forgotten both where i was going AND what time it was because of how they all look literally identical. crazy