A review by travelseatsreads
Mrs March by Virginia Feito

dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Mrs March is a really clever, sinister and often disturbing character study which follows the demise and unravelling of our main protagonist. Within the pages of this slow burning literary psychological suspense novel we see Mrs March be slowly consumed by paranoia which bleeds into every moment of her being.

Feito cleverly plays with the unreliable narrator and unlikable character tropes which leads to a crawling, creeping sense of unease all the way through. Full of dramatic moments of puzzlement and deeply unsettling flashes of questioning, it is quite easy to feel Mrs March's paranoia encroaching on your own thoughts.

I switched between the eBook and audiobook and would definitely recommend the eBook over the audiobook. Unfortunately I felt some of the suspense was lost due to a quite monotone narration.

A slow burning, disturbing psychological character study for Shirley Jackson fans which will keep you questioning until the very last line.
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