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lawrenceevalyn's review
5.0
I'm so glad I finally got around to reading this one! I feel like I've been seeing it mentioned in interesting articles all the time since undergrad. It is definitely an interesting one, worth unpacking. I was pleasantly surprised by Caroline; her love for Sibella is compelling, deep, and enduring, and it immediately made me want to go read Emma Donoghue. I ended up being unexpectedly fond of several of the characters, and very tensely anticipating the ending as it drew to a close -- my predictions were only sometimes close. Overall, I already want to re-read it, and I wonder if this might not be a good introduction into the 18thC Gothic for new readers.
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