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What an amazing book! I can only thank my book club (Literally Geeky) for bringing it to my attention. As ever, other people have already said most of what I would have wanted to say about this book, with this summation by Goodreads user Bill Kerwin matching how I felt at the end of the book:
The spare prose, the wry comedy, the ...more
It is so good I could kick myself for not reading it years ago, yet so mythic I am convinced I have known it always, like a tragic folktale or a chilling childhood dream.
The spare prose, the wry comedy, the ...more
"I want a little sugar in my bowl
I want a little sweetness down in my soul
I could stand some lovin', oh so bad
Feel so funny, I feel so sad."
Nina Simone.
We have always heard about those people who lived in the castle. The tumbled down house with the garden full of knee high weeds; the ribs of a wrecked home on a scrappy bit of land. Even if they're not in your town, or your neighbourhood, we all know someone who always lived in the castle. We tell stories about them, laugh at them, and we forget ...more
I want a little sweetness down in my soul
I could stand some lovin', oh so bad
Feel so funny, I feel so sad."
Nina Simone.
We have always heard about those people who lived in the castle. The tumbled down house with the garden full of knee high weeds; the ribs of a wrecked home on a scrappy bit of land. Even if they're not in your town, or your neighbourhood, we all know someone who always lived in the castle. We tell stories about them, laugh at them, and we forget ...more
At first I was thinking that this wasn't very freaky. But as time, and pages, went on, the tininess of the world of Constance, Merricat and Julian started to really creep me out. Those townspeople. Creepy Charles. And the way after the big incident that their world contracts even further.
It's almost enough to put me off of sugar. ...more
It's almost enough to put me off of sugar. ...more
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