I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle this week.

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Amazing tone.

My diagnosis: Jane Eyre meets Tamsin meets The Murder of Roger Ackroyd meets Til We Have Faces. Adore the mood she creates, the voice, the gentle teasing out of plot. Morbid, but sputtering-worthy strong.

2 comments:

Erin said...

Oooh. I'm definitely going to search this out.

Noël De Vries said...

yes, you should. Shirley Jackson. you'll devour it.