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A review by michelareads
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
5.0
Thank you Johanna van Veen for curing my reading slump with this beautiful dark gothic novel, My Darling Dreadful Thing!
I absolutely loved every single thing about this book:
- first of all its slow pace, that takes the reader delicately and then brutally in the middle of the horrific actions and revelations;
- the little interviews between the MC and the doctor: i thought at first they would take me out of the flow but in the end I really appreciated the external point of view of a psychologist;
- the narrator, who is unreliable but also kinda reliable? I trust her;
- ghost, spirits, murders, a lot of spooky things!
- the writing is beautiful and witty and I loved how haunting and intriguing the whole story is!
- there's also a little bit of romance (sapphic) and I really enjoyed that too.
Overall I absolutely loved this book, and I'm grateful to have received an eArc. This author has now a new fan! 5 stars, easy.
* I'd like to thank Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I absolutely loved every single thing about this book:
- first of all its slow pace, that takes the reader delicately and then brutally in the middle of the horrific actions and revelations;
- the little interviews between the MC and the doctor: i thought at first they would take me out of the flow but in the end I really appreciated the external point of view of a psychologist;
- the narrator, who is unreliable but also kinda reliable? I trust her;
- ghost, spirits, murders, a lot of spooky things!
- the writing is beautiful and witty and I loved how haunting and intriguing the whole story is!
- there's also a little bit of romance (sapphic) and I really enjoyed that too.
Overall I absolutely loved this book, and I'm grateful to have received an eArc. This author has now a new fan! 5 stars, easy.
* I'd like to thank Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.