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Oct 17, 2025
Tatevik
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This book took the joy out of me. It was like a dementor sucking all the happiness and hope from life. I don’t think I fully understood what this book meant and what was the motive of characters. Everything was sharp and drastic - the weather, the emotions, the passages of descriptions from people to buildings.
There is no empathy, romanticism, just suffering, egoism. This is not a love story, for love is selfless. It’s a story of possession, selfishness, bitter ...more
This book took the joy out of me. It was like a dementor sucking all the happiness and hope from life. I don’t think I fully understood what this book meant and what was the motive of characters. Everything was sharp and drastic - the weather, the emotions, the passages of descriptions from people to buildings.
There is no empathy, romanticism, just suffering, egoism. This is not a love story, for love is selfless. It’s a story of possession, selfishness, bitter ...more
Aug 13, 2008
Cheryl
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Much darker of a story than I expected, but beautifully written. I was expecting something more like Jane Eyre and found a novel more like Frankenstein. The characters were extremely well developed with a lot of pathos all around. I kept hoping for some change to come.
I loved how everything in this book came full circle and righted itself.
An original and captivating story to read!
