The Watch Tower by Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower

The Watch Tower

Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower

240 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics dark slow-paced

Description

After Laura and Clare are abandoned by their mother, Felix is there to help, even to marry Laura if she will have him. Little by little the two sisters grow complicit with his obsessions, his cruelty, his need to control.Set in the leafy northern ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 64 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
sad 66%
tense 66%
emotional 33%
reflective 33%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Average rating

3.6

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