A review by estel
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell

2.0

I liked it quite well in the first half. It reminded me a lot of Rebecca (by Du Maurier) in the way the mystery was written. As the book wore on, I liked it less and less, until near the end I didn't really like it much at all. I enjoyed seeing Ursula change. Slightly ironic that she has her coming-of-age story when she's, what, 50 plus? I was happy to see her finally find love, or something close to it.

I bought this book because it described itself as 'chilling tales of psychological suspense'. I found it anything but. Instead, a large part was kind of an exploration of family and marriage dynamics which is not bad, but just not what I was expecting.