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A review by abi_jessica
Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville
4.0
I have been diving in and out of this book for a while just because I have been so busy...
But MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS the twist at the end just made the wait and the confusion so worth it!
Throughout it switches between Lilie's story and Krysta's and I just could not work out the significance. It had my empathising with both characters throughout as well as lovely Benjamin and Daniel! (We all need a Daniel in our lives!). But I did not guess the end or how it all comes together AT ALL. Granville does a brilliant job of distracting you from the truth by throwing magic in your face... you end up feeling exactly like Krysta; naive, innocent and almost completely oblivious to reality!
Nothing could have prepared me for how this ended. But it was a perfect tying together of the two stories and so perfectly crafted. Definitely a very clever psychological thriller!
The only reason this didn't get 5 stars is because there were certain points in the book where it got a little confused and distracted, I guess that was the nature of the story but I would have enjoyed more clues and suspense!
But MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS the twist at the end just made the wait and the confusion so worth it!
Throughout it switches between Lilie's story and Krysta's and I just could not work out the significance. It had my empathising with both characters throughout as well as lovely Benjamin and Daniel! (We all need a Daniel in our lives!). But I did not guess the end or how it all comes together AT ALL. Granville does a brilliant job of distracting you from the truth by throwing magic in your face... you end up feeling exactly like Krysta; naive, innocent and almost completely oblivious to reality!
Nothing could have prepared me for how this ended. But it was a perfect tying together of the two stories and so perfectly crafted. Definitely a very clever psychological thriller!
The only reason this didn't get 5 stars is because there were certain points in the book where it got a little confused and distracted, I guess that was the nature of the story but I would have enjoyed more clues and suspense!