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Jun 28, 2009
Wendy
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If I hadn't been so crazy busy this week, I should have blown through this book in just a few days. I'm embarrassed that it took me an entire week, actually, because it's just so well plotted. The slow-building tension, the gothic atmosphere, the naive narrator so clearly out of her depth, all build to a mostly (though perhaps not completely) surprising climax. I only just finished it, and at the surface it seems a rather straightforward story, but I haven't yet had the time to think things thro
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I must say, i really did enjoy this book. I'd been meaning to read it for years, and when I finally did I was not disappointed. Its dark and gothic, so if that's you're thing, then i'd recommend this book.
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Read for Mystery Book Club 2/2008
Mar 18, 2009
Catie
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it was amazing
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Jan 04, 2012
Zandra
marked it as to-read
Mar 29, 2012
Emma
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Dec 07, 2012
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Nikki
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it was ok
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Feb 05, 2014
Maureen Soyars
marked it as to-read
