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Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
4.75

β€œβ„‘ π”£π”žπ”¦π”© 𝔱𝔬 π”²π”«π”‘π”’π”―π”°π”±π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔴π”₯𝔢 π”ͺ𝔒𝔫 𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔳𝔦𝔬𝔩𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔒 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔦π”ͺπ”¦π”‘π”žπ”±π”’ 𝔴𝔬π”ͺ𝔒𝔫. π”šπ”¬π”ͺ𝔒𝔫, 𝔴π”₯𝔬 π”Ÿπ”©π”’π”’π”‘ π”žπ”©π”© 𝔬𝔳𝔒𝔯 𝔱π”₯𝔒π”ͺ𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔳𝔒𝔰 𝔒𝔳𝔒𝔯𝔢 π”ͺ𝔬𝔫𝔱π”₯, 𝔴π”₯𝔬 π”―π”²π”Ÿ π”Ÿπ”©π”¬π”¬π”‘ 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔱𝔰 π”Ÿπ”’π”±π”΄π”’π”’π”« 𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔦𝔯 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔀𝔒𝔯𝔰 π”žπ”«π”‘ π”Ÿπ”²π”―π”°π”± 𝔱π”₯𝔒π”ͺ 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔒 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔒𝔠𝔱𝔰, π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔰𝔬π”ͺ𝔒𝔱𝔦π”ͺ𝔒𝔰 π” π”žπ”«'𝔱 π”Ÿπ”’π” π”žπ”²π”°π”’ 𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔢'𝔯𝔒 𝔫𝔬𝔱 π”Ÿπ”©π”¬π”¬π”‘ 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔱𝔰, 𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔢'𝔯𝔒 𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔀𝔲𝔒-𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔒𝔑 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔀𝔰 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺπ”’π”žπ”± 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔴𝔬π”ͺπ”Ÿ. π”šπ”¬π”ͺ𝔒𝔫 𝔴π”₯𝔬 π”Ÿπ”²π”―π”°π”± 𝔬𝔭𝔒𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔠π”₯π”¦π”©π”‘π”Ÿπ”¦π”―π”±π”₯, π”³π”žπ”€π”¦π”«π”ž 𝔰𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔀 π”žπ”«π”‘ π”žπ”«π”²π”° π”°π”žπ”€π”€π”¦π”«π”€, 𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔢, π”₯π”žπ”―π”‘π”’π”«π”¦π”«π”€ π”£π”¦π”«π”€π”’π”―π”«π”žπ”¦π”©π”° π” π”©π”žπ”΄π”¦π”«π”€ 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔑𝔒 𝔬𝔣 𝔱π”₯𝔒π”ͺ, π”­π”©π”žπ” π”’π”«π”±π”žπ”° 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔒 𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔒𝔱 π”ͺ𝔦𝔀𝔫𝔬𝔫.”

Published: 13/02/25
Genre: Horror comedy
Page count: 184
Format read: 🎧
Other books read by this author: None

A witty, macabre story which centres on governess Winifred Knotty, newly arrived at Ensor House to tutor her charges Drusilla & Andrew, spoiled little brats that Winifred can barely hide her disdain for, yet pretends to dote on. Though the other residents of Ensor  House certainly see Winifred as odd, they have no idea of her true nature, even as disturbing acts of vandalism shake the household & people start to disappear.  The story was pitched as a cross between π‰πšπ§πž π„π²π«πž & π€π¦πžπ«π’πœπšπ§ 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐑𝐨, & Winifred is in many ways a feminine, Victorian Patrick Bateman, with an overactive imagination & a taste for the grisly. There is a hint of the unreliable narrator surrounding Winifred, her narrative often devolving into flights of fancy that leave you unsure of what is real & what isn’t, the shocking acts she commits weaved in with details about her childhood, ultimately culminating in the reason Winifred chose Ensor House as the scene of her bloody performance. Despite its gory contents, Winifred’s sardonic wit makes the book laugh out loud funny, & I didn’t want to stop reading from the minute I started.