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A review by oxnard_montalvo
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
Blurb claims it's Fleabag meets... something... (just realised I don't have it to hand) and wow. Yeah. There is some seriously gallowsy gallows humour. It's incredibly, creepingly dark and ominious and sexually violent and funny. Go figure!
It's one of those books that I am very glad to have read, and I doubt I will manage to read it again. The disaffected haze Viv operates in for much of the books was a touch too recognisable at lol. Witchcraft, seriously, how Wyld writes such dark matter with a light touch.
A few moments of... confusion with regard to the intermingled stories of nameless women. There was one in particular that seemed to have taken place in the Berwick house and I struggled to place it on the timeline of events and I think I got too wound up in the little details for it to have the impact it was aiming for.
I imagine this could be a frustrating book for some as very little is neatly concluded. It ends without much change in the characters' lives. A shift has taken place, but they are going to keep plodding along in their grooves.
It's one of those books that I am very glad to have read, and I doubt I will manage to read it again. The disaffected haze Viv operates in for much of the books was a touch too recognisable at lol. Witchcraft, seriously, how Wyld writes such dark matter with a light touch.
A few moments of... confusion with regard to the intermingled stories of nameless women. There was one in particular that seemed to have taken place in the Berwick house and I struggled to place it on the timeline of events and I think I got too wound up in the little details for it to have the impact it was aiming for.
I imagine this could be a frustrating book for some as very little is neatly concluded. It ends without much change in the characters' lives. A shift has taken place, but they are going to keep plodding along in their grooves.