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House of Bathory

door Linda Lafferty

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In the early 1600s, Elizabeth Bathory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Cachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. A devil, a demon, the terror of Royal Hungary--she bathed in their blood to preserve her own youth. 400 years later, echoes of the Countess's legendary brutality reach Aspen, Colorado. Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst of uncommon intuition, has a breakthrough with sullen teenager Daisy Hart. Together, they are haunted by the past, as they struggle to understand its imprint upon the present. Betsy and her troubled but perceptive patient learn the truth: the curse of the House of Bathory lives still and has the power to do evil even now. The story, brimming with palace intrigue, memorable characters intimately realized, and a wealth of evocative detail, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and a seventeenth-century Eastern Europe brought startlingly to life.… (meer)

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Monica_P | Nov 22, 2018 |

I received this book through Goodreads First Reads.

I have always been intrigued by the tales of Countess Bathory (also known as the Blood Countess). She would kill and torture young women then drain them of their blood so that she could bath in it to preserve her youth. (ICK!!)

This is a story of Countess Bathory along side a story in set in modern times following Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst, and her patient Daisy Hart. This historical fiction has a unique twist as both of these stories unfold.

Linda Lafferty did a fantastic job connecting these two stories together. The story line was easy to follow, which was a big plus since it jumps between two time periods and different characters' points of view. This was my first book by Lafferty but it will not be my last. (

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GrimoireGrove | Oct 30, 2018 |

The House of Bathory was not my cup of tea. The initial premise is interesting, but I feel the plot has some pacing problems, certain scenes seem to take a very long time, while others (most especially the climax at the end) seem rushed. The use of Jung's Red Book is interesting, and that is a subject I would like to learn more about. All in all, I feel this book had promise, but this wasn't quie realized in the execution. (

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irregularreader | Oct 31, 2016 |

Interesting at bits perhaps, but never gripping or thrilling. (

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LaPhenix | May 30, 2016 |

I purchased this book on the strength of Linda Lafferty's previous novel, The Bloodletter's Daughter. Parts of this novel lived up to the previous work, but on the whole, the narrative was confused by two different plotlines, set in two different times. Constant switches between the 16th century household of Countess Bathory and a modern day thriller involving a direct descendent and a teenage goth along with the very strong form of the chapters made it difficult to become immersed in the world of the story or to engage with the characters. I was unable to become emotionally involved enough in the book to feel any suspense about the fate of the characters in either the past or the present day. (

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In the early 1600s, Elizabeth Bathory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Cachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. A devil, a demon, the terror of Royal Hungary--she bathed in their blood to preserve her own youth. 400 years later, echoes of the Countess's legendary brutality reach Aspen, Colorado. Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst of uncommon intuition, has a breakthrough with sullen teenager Daisy Hart. Together, they are haunted by the past, as they struggle to understand its imprint upon the present. Betsy and her troubled but perceptive patient learn the truth: the curse of the House of Bathory lives still and has the power to do evil even now. The story, brimming with palace intrigue, memorable characters intimately realized, and a wealth of evocative detail, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and a seventeenth-century Eastern Europe brought startlingly to life.

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