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Smashbomb (4683 KP) created a post

Jun 22, 2017 (Updated Jun 22, 2017)  
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Beckie Shelton (@carpathian)- Beckie Bookworm (7 Ratings)

Avid reader and book blogger who's permanently attached to her kindle I Love horror & Psychological movies I'm also a bit of a geek with a love of all things fantasy, sci-fi and gothic. a massive game of thrones & Doctor who nut that's me, I don't follow the crowd just like to be me.
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Lucy L (0 KP) rated The Essex Serpent in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
The Essex Serpent
The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.1 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
Intriguing gothic drama
I’d wanted to read this for a while based purely on the glorious cover. It was a very pleasant gothic Victorian novel with the very intriguing mysetery of the Fabled Essex serpent weaving it’s way through. However it’s main focus is the interactions between the main characters and the enormous impact that each has on the others lives over the course of a year, predominantly for the worse.

It is a beautifully written novel and the detail is gorgeous, but at times it felt slow with little to hold my attention. I found myself skimming ahead sometimes. The characters weren’t always relatable and I didn’t feel any great connection to any of them. The promises of the Essex serpent itself is handled well and used expertly to draw out everyone’s heightened fears feeding off their own misdeeds.


I would still recommend this book. Just maybe not for anyone looking for a rousing novel. However a calm afternoon with a pot of tea to yourself it’s worth giving it a go.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala (Book Club Mystery, #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala (Book Club Mystery, #3)
Laura DiSilverio | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Amy-Faye is coordinating a celebration of Gothic novels for the local bookstore, culminating in a dance that night. The night ends in tragedy when a dead body is found – the body of a stranger. Amy-Faye had seen the victim during the events earlier in the day. Who was he? Why would someone kill him? And can the Readaholics’s latest read, Rebecca, offer some clues to the modern crime?

It is wonderful to be back in the presents of this group of mystery lovers. All five of the women are great and contribute in their own ways to the plot. The mystery is strong with some good twists and surprises before we reach the logical and satisfying ending. I hadn’t read Rebecca before I picked up this book, but that didn’t hamper my enjoyment at all.

NOTE: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/08/book-review-readaholics-and-gothic-gala.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.