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A review by bags_and_bookz
The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr
3.0
Are you a fan of Wuthering Heights? If so, please give The Lost History of Dreams a try.
SPOILERS
I think the atmosphere of Victorian England was perfectly developed. I felt the cold of rain and heard the squick of the horse wagon. The house description was impeccable. I truly saw how old and decayed the house was after so many years of neglect.
What I struggled with, was the love and ghost stories. I felt it was too complicated and I could not see what was important. Characters themselves were too flavourless. I couldn't even remember the name of the male protagonist - Richard, Robert? He was lost in women he encountered with. His ghost wife, I assume, was supposed to give him substance, but failed (in my books). His story with Isabelle (and the sexual act in Ada's Folly) wasn't convincing.
However, for the debut novel, The Lost History of Dreams is fine.
Thank you Negalley and Atria Books for e-ARC The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr in return of my honest review.
SPOILERS
I think the atmosphere of Victorian England was perfectly developed. I felt the cold of rain and heard the squick of the horse wagon. The house description was impeccable. I truly saw how old and decayed the house was after so many years of neglect.
What I struggled with, was the love and ghost stories. I felt it was too complicated and I could not see what was important. Characters themselves were too flavourless. I couldn't even remember the name of the male protagonist - Richard, Robert? He was lost in women he encountered with. His ghost wife, I assume, was supposed to give him substance, but failed (in my books). His story with Isabelle (and the sexual act in Ada's Folly) wasn't convincing.
However, for the debut novel, The Lost History of Dreams is fine.
Thank you Negalley and Atria Books for e-ARC The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr in return of my honest review.