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I took this as satire and it worked for me. Beguiling and dark; gruesome and funny. A weirdly fun, fast read!
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I took this as satire and it worked for me. Beguiling and dark; gruesome and funny. A weirdly fun, fast read!
#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)
1. I still can cry over BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY: a comic book by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS. So poignant!
2. The tagged: THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. #ugh I couldn't even get through this one with the #hashtagbrigade! That's really saying something! 🤣
Boy, I wish I hadn't forced myself to finish this! Real no thank you hours!
A nice creepy Gothic horror set in an alternate world that feels like Victorian England and where magic works. Utterly atmospheric
And I can't tell if girlcat Ellie really liked or really hated the cover.
🫣 What wild satirical ride on the Victorian Horror Bus! Imagine the Bronte sisters unleashed & unhinged.
Loved it as a spoof! 😳
Maud lives under the thumb of her oppressive father, a religious zealot with sins. The manor house crumbles as his sanity does, as told through his journal-parallels only he can see mirroring a medieval manuscript. The reader can see the megalomania take him; Maud pays the price to keep her beloved fen (wild marshland) safe. I loved this book, and less than 500 words cannot do it justice!
I think I had my fill with the Victorian motif. The Ghost Writer was amazing. I‘ll admit I didn‘t really get past the first few chapters of The Asylum. Maybe just wasn‘t feeling it, and it could be that it was so familiar as a trope. Since I can‘t give a proper review, I‘ll give it a so-so as benefit of the doubt.
What? No! She couldn't possibly!
Just absolutely spot on horror-satire. Recommending this one to all the unhinged girlies with a twinkle in my eye!
I loved this! It‘s funny and vicious and violent and so tongue in cheek that I couldn‘t stop listening to the audiobook. The author names all the characters the funniest names - Ms. Manners, Mr. Pounds, etc - and it just felt very Dickensian. It‘s also really short and definitely could be read/listened to in a day. Highly recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟