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4.5 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's not as densely written as the gothic British classics I've read, but I'd be very happy if every book I chose was as well-written as this. Definitely creepy, but a slow, slow burn. A believable ghost story, bit of a G-rated love story thrown in, terrific characterization, and it kept calling me back to it. The audio kept me awake quite often in bed too, with Simon Vance's dynamite narration.
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*3.5 stars*
Atmospheric, gritty, horrific, gothic. I felt like I was reading a Victorian gothic even though this story takes place in the 1940s, just after World War II. Waters deeply explores PTSD in various forms and mental health--how we perceive it, treat it, and live (or don’t live) with it. She is brilliant at putting you in the landscape, the time period, the place. The Hundreds mansion becomes its own character, charming and historical at times yet terrifying and haunting at others. The p ...more
Atmospheric, gritty, horrific, gothic. I felt like I was reading a Victorian gothic even though this story takes place in the 1940s, just after World War II. Waters deeply explores PTSD in various forms and mental health--how we perceive it, treat it, and live (or don’t live) with it. She is brilliant at putting you in the landscape, the time period, the place. The Hundreds mansion becomes its own character, charming and historical at times yet terrifying and haunting at others. The p ...more
The writing is good but the story is repetitive and moves slowly, leaving you at the end with a sense that you missed out on something. You don't get a good insight into the characters.
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Oct 27, 2013
Kimberly
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