kaitlynisliterate's Reviews (466)

Some of the essays are good, some are tedious. Did finding out that she sourced large portions of the historical background from Wikipedia ruin it? A little.

Some of the best one-liners to be found though.

Absolutely baffling how beautiful the prose can be but how lacking everything else is. The author basically ruins everything by trying to follow the myths to the letter. Towards the end, characters have sudden life-changing revelations that make them act completely differently basically every few chapters. 

I simply required more Marcellus content, especially when that is the entire hook. Also weird that Cameron isn’t mentioned in the blurb at all, he’s easily the worst part of the book (perhaps other than Ethan).

The final plot twist makes absolutely no sense and frankly, ruins the book.

Are we supposed to believe that Kit, a caretaker who is extremely familiar with bedridden/wheelchair-bound elderly patients, doesn't notice that Lenora/Virginia doesn't have atrophied muscles when she massages them for two hours every day? Anyone who has ever had to go through physical therapy will know how completely bogus this is. Kit also tested her reflexes, that's not something that you can fake. You can't just "will" yourself to not move.

So many little things in this book pissed me off. And the ending sucked. The plot twists were so predictable.

Ehhh this is probably the weakest installment of the series by far. The cast of characters has gotten too bloated (due to everyone becoming friends and the narrative aversion to any allies dying). 

Super interesting overview about a hobby that I would never do myself but love reading about.