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A sort of ghost story where a group of writers stay at a retreat where something horrible happened 100 years before. The narrator is writing a novel about those events and the book flits between her novel and the present day happenings. I found this a bit confusing at times, mostly because the characters seemed to have opposite numbers in both stories. However, I enjoyed this spooky tale. And once again Goodman brings a theme of water to the story.
Very enjoyable. I love Carol Goodman's style and she is a master of atmosphere and place. Because I visited Lily Dale some years back I especially loved that part of the story. Her characters are a little less engaging but the story was good and she is fabulous at creating fascinating settings.
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Goodman captures the atmosphere of the classic gothic novel very well - her settings breathe with more life than her characters sometimes.
Compared to her other books, oddly convoluted and poorly paced, with a strange supernatural element that didn't work for me. My least favorite.
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Aug 19, 2010
Daisy
marked it as to-read
Oct 10, 2011
Deedee
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2015
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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