The Woman in the Library
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This book was interesting enough that I made it through despite how confusing it was. It was clever of the author to incorporate the subplot of it being edited as she went, and I didn’t mind that. I actually mostly* enjoyed the subplot of stalker Leo, but was very lost at the end as to what was up with neighbor Leo—also a stalker? Some weird guardian angel? Also, did I miss what actually happened to Whit’s mom when she was attacked? I assume it wasn’t her own son?? So many questions. *An aside about stalker Leo: if you are going to position someone as an expert, they better get everything right. I noted multiple head-scratching comments and straight up errors with regard to both American linguistics and Boston (if you can’t spell Allston, please get out). Another thing that bugged me throughout was the scream itself. The four assumed that she screamed at the time of her murder with no concrete reason to believe so that I could see; I checked several times to see if I had missed something. I personally would have thought that the scream came from someone finding the body. Apparently it was neither, but it was weird to me that they just acted fully on that assumption to the degree that they all thought it gave them an alibi. I feel like the author all made them a little less intelligent than they were supposed to be for the sake of the mystery. Overall I sort of want to reread it now to see if it makes any more sense knowing the end. Would it make any more sense knowing, or would I still be lost? I won’t, but I always worry it is me and not the book.
Superb literary thriller and an unique storytelling as a book inside of a book, make this one an endearing and fascinating read. My first but definitely not my last novel of Aussie author Sulari Gentill. Thank you NetGalley / Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.
Beschreibung
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Beiträge
This book was interesting enough that I made it through despite how confusing it was. It was clever of the author to incorporate the subplot of it being edited as she went, and I didn’t mind that. I actually mostly* enjoyed the subplot of stalker Leo, but was very lost at the end as to what was up with neighbor Leo—also a stalker? Some weird guardian angel? Also, did I miss what actually happened to Whit’s mom when she was attacked? I assume it wasn’t her own son?? So many questions. *An aside about stalker Leo: if you are going to position someone as an expert, they better get everything right. I noted multiple head-scratching comments and straight up errors with regard to both American linguistics and Boston (if you can’t spell Allston, please get out). Another thing that bugged me throughout was the scream itself. The four assumed that she screamed at the time of her murder with no concrete reason to believe so that I could see; I checked several times to see if I had missed something. I personally would have thought that the scream came from someone finding the body. Apparently it was neither, but it was weird to me that they just acted fully on that assumption to the degree that they all thought it gave them an alibi. I feel like the author all made them a little less intelligent than they were supposed to be for the sake of the mystery. Overall I sort of want to reread it now to see if it makes any more sense knowing the end. Would it make any more sense knowing, or would I still be lost? I won’t, but I always worry it is me and not the book.
Superb literary thriller and an unique storytelling as a book inside of a book, make this one an endearing and fascinating read. My first but definitely not my last novel of Aussie author Sulari Gentill. Thank you NetGalley / Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.