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The Death of Jane Lawrence
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March 16, 2022
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If you're a fan of spooky, gothic novels, then The Death of Jane Lawrence will delight! The plot seems to…more

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Jess Witkins
Mar 16, 2022 rated it really liked it
Grim, gothic, and unexpected at the end. Fans of haunted houses and classics like Jane Eyre and Frankenstein will love The Death of Jane Lawrence.

I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed this spooky tale. Jane is a classic character with all the internal monologue you could want as her grasp on reality is questioned again and again. Interesting additions of early surgical scenes blended well.

The ending took a twist for me becoming more supernatural than I expected but I liked it. Very en
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La Crescent Public Library
Mar 16, 2022 rated it really liked it
If you're a fan of spooky, gothic novels, then The Death of Jane Lawrence will delight! The plot seems to blend such classic stories as Jane Eyre with Frankenstein, and spins them into an entirely new story.

A young woman with no prospects agrees to marry a doctor as more of a business arrangement than anything resembling love, and yet the two seem to be very well suited together. Slowly add in the crumbling mansion home of the doctor's family and the strange rule that his new wife must never st
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