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Waffling between 3 and 3.5, let's make it 3.25. Constant descriptions of the atmosphere and insertions of "interesting" factoids distracted and interrupted the flow of the plot. I did not like the any of the characters very much. But it did become a page turner towards the end. But, and I can't believe I am saying this, I might read another one of her books.
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4.5/5
reading this just made me really excited for the tv adaptation because the story just lends itself to be told visually. my only problem is that i thought the writing style at times was a bit flat for the story it was telling. i think the prose could've leant into the gothic even more. ...more
reading this just made me really excited for the tv adaptation because the story just lends itself to be told visually. my only problem is that i thought the writing style at times was a bit flat for the story it was telling. i think the prose could've leant into the gothic even more. ...more

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