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A gothic fever-dream, filled with sex, murder and paranoia - I couldn't put it down.
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Set in Tasmania this author has been on my radar for many years, so I was glad to finally pluck this one off of Mt TBR for the 666 around the world reading challenge.
The story is centered around a teacher in a secluded Tasmanian township, and focusses on the murder of a young adulteress. While atmospheric, for me if left a lot to be desired.
The story is centered around a teacher in a secluded Tasmanian township, and focusses on the murder of a young adulteress. While atmospheric, for me if left a lot to be desired.
Seems from the reviews, you either hate or love this story. I'm on the lovin' side.
It is an uncomfortable narrative, and at time the protagonist is quite selfish and grates on the reader. However, there is a raw honesty in the voices of this story. I found it an impressively smooth transition between the current difficulties of the protagonist, torn between her affair, her role as teacher to her lover's son and the pull of her own moral compass, the background story of a woman driven to murder w ...more
It is an uncomfortable narrative, and at time the protagonist is quite selfish and grates on the reader. However, there is a raw honesty in the voices of this story. I found it an impressively smooth transition between the current difficulties of the protagonist, torn between her affair, her role as teacher to her lover's son and the pull of her own moral compass, the background story of a woman driven to murder w ...more
Mar 09, 2017
Alexandra
marked it as to-read
