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2 STARS
(I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review).
"Bellman & Black is a heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story, beautifully and irresistibly written, its ratcheting tension exquisitely calibrated line by line. Its hero is William Bellman, who, as a boy of 11, killed a shiny black rook with a catapult, and who grew up to be someone, his neighbours think, who "could go to the good or the bad." And indeed, although William Bellman's life at first seems blessed—he has a happy ...more
(I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review).
"Bellman & Black is a heart-thumpingly perfect ghost story, beautifully and irresistibly written, its ratcheting tension exquisitely calibrated line by line. Its hero is William Bellman, who, as a boy of 11, killed a shiny black rook with a catapult, and who grew up to be someone, his neighbours think, who "could go to the good or the bad." And indeed, although William Bellman's life at first seems blessed—he has a happy ...more
Definitely not what I expected. Very atmospheric and of the period. The language flowed but ultimately it seemed all show and little substance.. I guess it was illustrating that life is an arc like the trajectory of a thrown stone and you can't change it...maybe. I think what I liked most was the information about rooks/ravens and crows at each chapter head. I felt let down by the human story but found the bird lore fascinating.
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Dec 11, 2014
Sharmon
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2014
Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Jenn Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Schu
marked it as to-read
