A review by vee615
The Girl from Rawblood, by Catriona Ward
1.0
I was first captured by the title, then then the cover and finally by the description. I was excited to read it, I enjoy a good ghost story. But, I couldn't get into it. The pacing was bad, the writing was very much like reading a Jane Austen novel which I personally do not enjoy.
So the story focuses on Iris and then moves through various branches of her family, so there are time jumps and things. Iris is raised by her opium addicted father. There are rules that she must follow in order to keep HER away. Everyone in her family, for generations, have been killed early and brutally by HER. Eventually there is a twist, but it wasn't a big moment for me, probably because at that point I would have been fine if everyone had died. Iris is a pretty tragic character by the end. Be prepared as well that a couple chapters toward the end get confusing as to whose point of view it is.
I just felt that the author rolled with whatever popped into her head and it made for a tangled story. I don't think I would recommend this book to anyone.... which makes me sad.
So the story focuses on Iris and then moves through various branches of her family, so there are time jumps and things. Iris is raised by her opium addicted father. There are rules that she must follow in order to keep HER away. Everyone in her family, for generations, have been killed early and brutally by HER. Eventually there is a twist, but it wasn't a big moment for me, probably because at that point I would have been fine if everyone had died. Iris is a pretty tragic character by the end. Be prepared as well that a couple chapters toward the end get confusing as to whose point of view it is.
I just felt that the author rolled with whatever popped into her head and it made for a tangled story. I don't think I would recommend this book to anyone.... which makes me sad.