I struggled to finish this book.
The story is set in Whitby which has associations with Dracula and dark Gothic horror stories. However the discovery of a child’s shoe and some runic markings in the attic and a weird smell in their holiday let didn’t exactly fill me with a sense of dread or a desire to find out what happened next.
This book is probably more appropriate for a reader who has experienced teenage problems or a marital breakdown but I found it difficult to relate to the stepdaughter/stepmother main characters, Nell and Maude. There were several other female characters in the book supposedly connected to Nell’s childhood and schooldays which were spent in Whitby but I found them all rather two dimensional and confusing.
To sum up, not a book for me. Although I enjoy psychological thrillers. I’m not a fan of horror. Unfortunately, this book didn’t really succeed in either genre.
The story is set in Whitby which has associations with Dracula and dark Gothic horror stories. However the discovery of a child’s shoe and some runic markings in the attic and a weird smell in their holiday let didn’t exactly fill me with a sense of dread or a desire to find out what happened next.
This book is probably more appropriate for a reader who has experienced teenage problems or a marital breakdown but I found it difficult to relate to the stepdaughter/stepmother main characters, Nell and Maude. There were several other female characters in the book supposedly connected to Nell’s childhood and schooldays which were spent in Whitby but I found them all rather two dimensional and confusing.
To sum up, not a book for me. Although I enjoy psychological thrillers. I’m not a fan of horror. Unfortunately, this book didn’t really succeed in either genre.