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Post by Alice on Sept 23, 2018 15:31:39 GMT -5
I just started reading this last night after finishing my other novel (I was reading "An Unwanted Guest" by Shari Lapena up until last night). The novel has started out good so far....it has a creepy vibe to it. Has anyone else read this book yet? What are your thoughts on it?
Synopsis: Lucy Acosta's mother died when she was three. Growing up in a Victorian mansion in the middle of the woods with her cold, distant father, she explored the dark hallways of the estate with her cousin, Margaret. They're inseparable—a family.
When her aunt Penelope, the only mother she's ever known, tragically disappears while walking in the woods surrounding their estate, Lucy finds herself devastated and alone. Margaret has been spending a lot of time in the attic. She claims she can hear her dead mother's voice whispering from the walls. Emotionally shut out by her father, Lucy watches helplessly as her cousin's sanity slowly unravels. But when she begins hearing voices herself, Lucy finds herself confronting an ancient and deadly legacy that has marked the women in her family for generations.
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Post by endo on Sept 23, 2018 16:17:28 GMT -5
I haven't read it Alice, but it sounds pretty good! Let us know how you liked it! |
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Post by Alice on Oct 2, 2018 10:46:53 GMT -5
I finished reading this book last night. It's really, really creepy throughout the book and the end will surprise you (I was surprised, at least).
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Post by endo on Oct 2, 2018 16:13:23 GMT -5
Good to hear, makes me want to read it. Glad you liked it!
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Post by Alice on Oct 19, 2018 8:14:18 GMT -5
After I finished reading the book, I noticed that this book had gotten some negative reviews. Just for the record, I don't normally listen to reviews because I end up liking the book anyway, despite what anyone else says. But, people were not as happy with this book as they were with author's first novel. Anyway, I enjoyed it myself but it is really creepy.
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Post by endo on Oct 19, 2018 11:55:12 GMT -5
Sometimes an authors earlier works set up certain expectations among his or her readers of how their following works should be. And that's not really fair because the author was in a certain place and frame of mind writing one book that they won't be in writing others. Glad you liked it.  |
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Post by Alice on Oct 20, 2018 7:27:43 GMT -5
Sometimes an authors earlier works set up certain expectations among his or her readers of how their following works should be. And that's not really fair because the author was in a certain place and frame of mind writing one book that they won't be in writing others. Glad you liked it.
I agree with that statement. Also, an author is going to gain more experience as they go along in their career so you can't exactly expect them to stay the same.
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