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A review by jamiebeecreations
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
4.0
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. This is my honest review.
When I first picked this up I was intrigued because the premise reminded me so much of the movie Crimson Peak and honestly, it still does. It had the same creepy, morbid atmosphere. There is a mystery shrouded in death and hauntings. Our main character Roo, can see and speak with the dead. And Agatha and hers relationship is so tender and sweet.
I have to say, I wasn't sure I was going to like this. I don't like investing my time in stories with so much sadness, but Roo's Sprit Companion, Ruth, arguably made it all worth it. Even with the similarities to Crimson Peak as well as others have said The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, I still felt this book was wholly unique, unsettling, morose, and disturbing. The fact that it's also just unapologetically queer made it all the better.
When I first picked this up I was intrigued because the premise reminded me so much of the movie Crimson Peak and honestly, it still does. It had the same creepy, morbid atmosphere. There is a mystery shrouded in death and hauntings. Our main character Roo, can see and speak with the dead. And Agatha and hers relationship is so tender and sweet.
I have to say, I wasn't sure I was going to like this. I don't like investing my time in stories with so much sadness, but Roo's Sprit Companion, Ruth, arguably made it all worth it. Even with the similarities to Crimson Peak as well as others have said The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, I still felt this book was wholly unique, unsettling, morose, and disturbing. The fact that it's also just unapologetically queer made it all the better.