isolatedindian's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I've adapted this to tell as a ghost story. It's great because It's so uneventful that it puts everyone to sleep before I get to the end.
fantasmariana's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Más drama de época que paranormal, pero con momentos memorables. El doctor Faraday necesitaba que alguien le dijera "amiga date cuenta" con urgencia.
Más drama de época que paranormal, pero con momentos memorables. El doctor Faraday necesitaba que alguien le dijera "amiga date cuenta" con urgencia.
honigbiene's review against another edition
Unfortunately it was not going anywhere fast. But I liked the writing and would try another book by the author
carolinerasmus's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
readindigo's review against another edition
3.0
I’m torn... aspects I really liked. I was transfixed during the story but honestly I found myself really truly wanting more answers!
bibliopage's review against another edition
5.0
A perfect mix of a gothic and psychological thriller! I loved it!
definitelynotcats's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinatingly different from how I thought it would be. I'm glad I read ahead of time that it was a slow burn, or else I might have lost interest. Because it was almost halfway through the book by the time I think I would have liked a little more suspense or touches of the supernatural (aside from just "a bad feeling about the house") but all around still a very good story.
Spoiler
truly supernatural events started occurring. And I thought from there, the action and suspense would really start to pick up, but it didn't. Instead, we have a very realistically paced "final girl" type story, where everyone but one person is gradually picked off. With this pacing, I felt like I could really understand all of them. I saw how joyful (albeit lonely) the family was to start off with, and how utterly dejected they became after this presence overtook the house. I found myself (by around the point of the doctors' dance) thinking, "I genuinely believe this romantic plot. I've seen all the subtle things over time that would have made two people like Caroline and the doctor fall in love, and I'm glad for them." And it was all the more realistic and heartbreaking that Caroline, overwhelmed with her own mother's ill mental health and feeling rushed into marriage by the doctor, would have pulled away and rediscovered who she is.d_sebek's review against another edition
3.0
Technically well-written but it was too much Brontë and not enough Poe…wanted a little more ghost story and less English country life.