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florasin's review
mysterious
fast-paced
3.5
I really enjoyed the writing. It was unpredictable in a soap opera kind of way, which I was totally into.
I would have given it 4 stars, butDaniel's heel turn felt too perfect and I still don't like him .
I would have given it 4 stars, but
valeribanana's review
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jenniferlynnkrohn's review
1.0
House of Mist is a well written Gothic novel, and I enjoyed it until the second half. Unfortunately, it is another book where a put upon waif falls in love with a dark, brooding, and psychological abusive man. Daniel, the love interest, blackmails his sister, but it is excused because she an adulterer. He gaslights the heroine, which is presented as heroic and loving.
contracat25's review
4.0
While I do feel that reading María Lusia Bombal's House of Mist in the original language would have been a stronger experience even the translation is pretty great. The book has an amazing opening, the prolog set-up a fabulous tone, the settings (gosh the use of the mist!) are well wrought and the ideologies flow nicely. I adore the fairytale theme(s), and how the story takes the basic fairytale ideals and turns them on their head. I mean I can't resist books having to do with tales or fairytales, let alone one with a dream laden main character, fun twists and a slightly darker undertone. Oh and the book is an easy read, so fun, short and insightful without being heavy handed.
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