A review by rmarcin
Stone Mothers by Erin Kelly

3.0

This book is told in several parts. It starts with modern day, but then goes back into the past, when the mystery began. Stone Mothers is what insane asylums were called (now mental hospitals, sanitariums). Marianne's mother is ill, and to save Marianne from a long commute, or staying in a hotel, her husband purchases a flat in the old (now renovated) Nazareth asylum. However, Marianne is terrified because of a deeply hidden secret from her past. The asylum brings back memories of her first boyfriend, Jesse, and all the time they spent near Nazareth. The story exposes the horrors that happened in these asylums, and the barbaric treatment of the patients.
I felt that this book dragged on and on. It was murky in parts, and rehashed the same things over and over. It was confusing to follow Marianne's thoughts in the beginning, but they made more sense when the entire story was revealed. If it had been a tighter story, I think I would have enjoyed it more.
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