A review by littlelynn
The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert

dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

This book isnt unreadable, and I'd say I found the first third perfectly enjoyable, but slowly the things that I didn't like became harder and harder to ignore. In particular: didn't love the way the author wrote female characters, no one loved the dog enough which made me dislike them, overuse of exclamation marks, got very tell not show in places, was ableist in places, the character thought processes and reactions felt very manufactured, and it was just far far longer than it needed to be. 
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