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You know my comment that allowing this book to build slowly, in its many layers and detours, is sure to be worth it? Oh my goodness: arriving at the family household and then at last entering into the paranormal.... Their sudden appearance in a novel, benign most of the way, is almost too scary! My sole critique so far is not referring to Viola's husband and then suddenly having his hobby become paramount.
— Aug 18, 2016 10:37PM
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Some books spark an odd imbalance of reactions. Wipe any expectation to romp around a haunted manor within 200 pages. Take this ride and absorb what it is, instead of bemoaning the formula we are used to. Doesn't that result in a surprise, as a book's pages should? Alice's letters and Viola's tales take time. I wanted to return to Gerard but the tales and side trips are crafty, spooky, and connected importantly.
— Aug 18, 2016 11:20AM
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I can see this not unrolling the way such a title would have people expect but I am enjoying the journey for what it is. A boy cherishes a penpal, something I did well past internet invention, as life skirts around a secretive, nervous Mother. I imagine we'll ease into the ghostly, gothic atmosphere we crave. John Harwood must be thoroughly establishing his protagonist's upbringing and awkward penpal for a reason.
— Aug 17, 2016 10:06AM
