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Almost gave it a 5, but the climax had a fatal flaw... and it got confusing near the end.
Trusting Mrs D re: outfit for the ball is not plausible. At all. She's been wary of Mrs D from the start - and at this single plot twist, she trusts her?!? Nope. Not buying it. And everything hangs on this point. Why force the plot like this? Perhaps I am missing something... but it didnt work for me.
A terrific author. Beautiful writing. Evocative. Powerful. Man, I'd like to stay at a B&B in t ...more
Almost gave it a 5, but the climax had a fatal flaw... and it got confusing near the end.
Trusting Mrs D re: outfit for the ball is not plausible. At all. She's been wary of Mrs D from the start - and at this single plot twist, she trusts her?!? Nope. Not buying it. And everything hangs on this point. Why force the plot like this? Perhaps I am missing something... but it didnt work for me.
A terrific author. Beautiful writing. Evocative. Powerful. Man, I'd like to stay at a B&B in t ...more
Read this as a teenager, then recently re-read it. What a difference a few decades of living has made! As a teenager I sympathized so completely with the narrator, feeling her unease, trepidation, anxiety and fear. Now, as a woman, her behavior is more annoying. She allowed Danvers to bully and intimidate her, never truly spoke with her husband, and just generally irritated me! If she had been honest and straightforward in her relationship with her husband, the entire situation would have been d
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I wish they had 1/2 stars. I would give this 3.5, really. Some parts were creepy, some parts were predictable, but overall I enjoyed this one.
Sep 01, 2008
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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Kim
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really liked it
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Jul 25, 2018
Susannah
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Aug 23, 2018
Mike
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