monicak485 's review for:

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

2.5

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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what an absolute drag of a novella; i felt like this was 10000 pages long. the governess’s relationship to the children was absolutely baffling, and i failed to understand why this all happened to her in the first place. shoutout to netflix for breathing life into this story bc the source material is simply not that compelling.