Her Dark Inheritance

by Collins Mrs. E. Burke (Creator)

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Genres: Romance

226 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1892

Reviews

[Laura Bang · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first half was a pretty standard gothic horror set-up and that was okay. Once the Deep Dark Secret was revealed, though, it was a lot less interesting (and a lot more frustrating). At one point, I was hoping in vain that the Deep Dark Secret would be lycanthropy (spoiler: nope) and I don't even like werewolf stories. (Although the Deep Dark Secret is unexpected and not your usual type of Deep Dark Secret unless there is a sub-genre of gothic horror that I'm unaware of). All of the characters are quite uninteresting, except for the Elderly Relative Who Wanders Around Soliloquizing About DOOM.

If you're into gothic horror, it might be worth checking out just for the unusualness of the Deep Dark Secret.

Standard warnings for late-19th-century racism apply....

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, however, I think that the 3 star rating is justified. The "dark secret" actually took an unexpected turn and unlike another reviewer I found it interesting. The problem I had was that there was a rushed feeling to the entire story with little to no character development. Characters were basically caricatures of stereotypes... pure good, pure evil... there's no realism or balance, but that is typical of books of this genre and time period. The ending is so rushed that it took away from the rest of the story. Overall, this was an interesting read that was worth a one-time read but it's not very memorable.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relatively interesting because of the uniqueness of the secret. The secret itself, even when revealed, was reacted to out of layers of inaccurate beliefs that science knows better about today. These beliefs tragically affected the lives of several of the characters. And one last secret was disclosed so briefly at the end, that even though it was hinted at earlier, I could not understand the reason for it having happened. Most of the characters were, as was mentioned in another review, very one-dimensional. Even so, a few were truly likable, a couple were detestable, and at least one had some satisfying character growth.

[Tasha]

Legitimately awful.