Auf ein Miniaturbild klicken, um zu Google Books zu gelangen.
Lädt ... Hattie Vavaseur (2020. Auflage)von M. Rebecca Wildsmith (Autor)
Werk-InformationenHattie Vavaseur von M. Rebecca Wildsmith
Keine Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The book follows 63-year-old Hattie, who succumbs to a sense of fear and worry as her mind seems to be going: she forgets what Bertram had looked like and where she’s going after the funeral, whose house it is she’s staying at and why everything in her bedroom is abhorrently pink. Fortunately, she has her instincts and inner compass to help while she attempts to remember. However, nothing could have prepared her for the shocking truth, and Vamelda Anstruthers is the one person who can help her uncover the secrets of her past to explain her current situation while Hattie attempts to understand the mysterious master residing with her at the mansion. This comical and supernatural story - later dark and grisly - is told in the third person, though seen from Hattie’s perspective. Therefore, readers are privy to how Hattie really feels about the colour pink and her opinions about the strangers around her. There is also very little backstory to Hattie’s character at the beginning and readers learn who she is over time, from the moment she forgets details she should otherwise know, such as remembering the people around her and her character’s motivation, to her past friendship and courtship. The characters featured and their interactions are extremely endearing. While the story revolves around Hattie, Vamelda is an eccentric character who has little to no grace about her, contradicting her mannerism to that of Hattie’s sophisticated and uptight upbringing. This makes for an engaging read. The dance between Hattie and the master of the mansion is also endearing to follow. Furthermore, the plot takes a dark turn far into the story to justify the mysteries surrounding the supernatural. On the one hand, this is a very intellectually stimulating story with extremely visually descriptive language with plenty of metaphors, which make for a very pleasant read. On the other hand, the writing is possibly too elaborate and old-fashioned, using obsolete words such as ‘befurbelowed’; the definitions of such words are often clear when relying on context but this often slows the reading pace to understand what the sentence is trying to convey. The mysteries are also easy to solve when reading between the lines, but the debate surrounding the mansion’s ownership is unanswered. The characters featured are all completely different and endearing, but the story is very slow and digresses from the plot. Such sections could be omitted. Nevertheless, the story reads like a post-war Beauty and the Beast and is aimed at readers who seek intellectually stimulating content, such as briefly understanding Nietzsche’s theory on nihilism, and who prefer mysteries that require a lot of thought. I received a free review copy. Thank you to OnlineBookClub and author. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeine
Google Books — Lädt ... BewertungDurchschnitt:
Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |
This comical and supernatural story - later dark and grisly - is told in the third person, though seen from Hattie’s perspective. Therefore, readers are privy to how Hattie really feels about the colour pink and her opinions about the strangers around her. There is also very little backstory to Hattie’s character at the beginning and readers learn who she is over time, from the moment she forgets details she should otherwise know, such as remembering the people around her and her character’s motivation, to her past friendship and courtship.
The characters featured and their interactions are extremely endearing. While the story revolves around Hattie, Vamelda is an eccentric character who has little to no grace about her, contradicting her mannerism to that of Hattie’s sophisticated and uptight upbringing. This makes for an engaging read. The dance between Hattie and the master of the mansion is also endearing to follow. Furthermore, the plot takes a dark turn far into the story to justify the mysteries surrounding the supernatural.
On the one hand, this is a very intellectually stimulating story with extremely visually descriptive language with plenty of metaphors, which make for a very pleasant read. On the other hand, the writing is possibly too elaborate and old-fashioned, using obsolete words such as ‘befurbelowed’; the definitions of such words are often clear when relying on context but this often slows the reading pace to understand what the sentence is trying to convey. The mysteries are also easy to solve when reading between the lines, but the debate surrounding the mansion’s ownership is unanswered.
The characters featured are all completely different and endearing, but the story is very slow and digresses from the plot. Such sections could be omitted. Nevertheless, the story reads like a post-war Beauty and the Beast and is aimed at readers who seek intellectually stimulating content, such as briefly understanding Nietzsche’s theory on nihilism, and who prefer mysteries that require a lot of thought.
I received a free review copy. Thank you to OnlineBookClub and author. ( )