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A review by penguin_emperor_of_the_north
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
2.0
This is one of those books, I wish I could read without knowing it's a classic. As it is, knowing she's a vampire, it's kind of obvious that she's a vampire. I suppose that characters in the story don't know they're in a horror story.
I'm going with two stars mostly because the story sets up the suspense of Carmilla and Laura's relationship, the deaths in the surrounding area and then gets resolved by completely external factors. Which puts Laura in the position of saying, "Oh yeah, some crazy crap happened to me." but not really influencing the story.
So, it does a good job of establishing the suspense (and knowing about the vampire probably adjusts the suspense) but the overall resolution was a let down.
I'm going with two stars mostly because the story sets up the suspense of Carmilla and Laura's relationship, the deaths in the surrounding area and then gets resolved by completely external factors. Which puts Laura in the position of saying, "Oh yeah, some crazy crap happened to me." but not really influencing the story.
So, it does a good job of establishing the suspense (and knowing about the vampire probably adjusts the suspense) but the overall resolution was a let down.