A review by contracat25
House of Mist: A Novel by María Luisa Bombal

4.0

While I do feel that reading María Lusia Bombal's House of Mist in the original language would have been a stronger experience even the translation is pretty great. The book has an amazing opening, the prolog set-up a fabulous tone, the settings (gosh the use of the mist!) are well wrought and the ideologies flow nicely. I adore the fairytale theme(s), and how the story takes the basic fairytale ideals and turns them on their head. I mean I can't resist books having to do with tales or fairytales, let alone one with a dream laden main character, fun twists and a slightly darker undertone. Oh and the book is an easy read, so fun, short and insightful without being heavy handed.