vintage_optimist 's review for:

Coram House by Bailey Seybolt

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Based on true events, this book focused on the cruelties that were experienced by kids from the nuns and the priests that were tasked with caring for them in orphanages.  The MC in this book came to this town as a ghostwriter for a true crime novel about this specific orphanage, Coram House, and the crimes committed there.  I was sucked into the story and read this book in one day, but I was continuously frustrated by the inevitable poor decision making and the ubiquitous drinking that seems to be the norm for female MCs in these stories. Why??