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A review by fionayule
The Foster Child by Jenny Blackhurst
2.0
I just didn’t get this book.
It sold itself as a spooky mystery surrounding a girl Ellie who, after the death of her parents and baby brother in a fire, comes to live with a foster family in a small town Gaunt.
Child Psychologist Imogen comes back to her family home to restart her career and her paths cross with the mysterious child Ellie.
Gaunt is cold, dreary and very typical of its name. And its full of the small town fear of strangers mentality.
As an example of dysfunctional people and families, and how some people are just horrible to children it is a good one. However, it is not a supernatural spooky tale, even if it hints that it might go down this road.
Ellie is no Carrie White (Stephen King), with Imogen’s husband even saying this, which did make me chuckle.
I came away from this seriously underwhelmed, and strong desire to re-read Carrie again; after 25 years her tale still sits in my memory. I suspect Imogen and Ellie are not going to stay in my memory that long.
It sold itself as a spooky mystery surrounding a girl Ellie who, after the death of her parents and baby brother in a fire, comes to live with a foster family in a small town Gaunt.
Child Psychologist Imogen comes back to her family home to restart her career and her paths cross with the mysterious child Ellie.
Gaunt is cold, dreary and very typical of its name. And its full of the small town fear of strangers mentality.
As an example of dysfunctional people and families, and how some people are just horrible to children it is a good one. However, it is not a supernatural spooky tale, even if it hints that it might go down this road.
Ellie is no Carrie White (Stephen King), with Imogen’s husband even saying this, which did make me chuckle.
I came away from this seriously underwhelmed, and strong desire to re-read Carrie again; after 25 years her tale still sits in my memory. I suspect Imogen and Ellie are not going to stay in my memory that long.