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Bezig met laden... Burcht der verschrikkingen (1966)door Victoria Holt
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A weaker one in the Holt collection. The fun part of these novels is figuring out what other classic novels or sometimes films she is lifting the plot from but this one wasn't really any of those. The plot meandered along and when it finally got to a grand climax, not much that went before really mattered that much. I'm afraid Harriet was a sullen woman at the best of times, even given her truly horrible father. A bit of a mailed in effort. I like the eerie tone featured throughout this book, set in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but the pace runs too slow for my tastes. Although the plot itself is fine enough it lacks sparkle. Characters are well-drawn, but like with the storyline, they don’t have enough shine. Overall, this isn’t the best novel I’ve read by Victoria Holt, but it was still worth checking out. Harriett Delvaney is somewhat of a misfit in the eyes of her family. Raised by her father, who is resentful towards Harriett because of her mother’s death in childbirth, he makes no qualms of displaying his intolerance of her. Faced with fear, loneliness, and disapproval, she runs away from her London home to an abandoned property owned by the Menfreys, a wealthy Cornish family with a dark past. Opportunely, Harriett is united with the residents of the Menfreya estate and eventually goes to live at her father’s rented home near the property giving her more time with the heir to Menfreya. Although she is no beauty and awkward, she marries the handsome Bevil and is introduced to the family’s secrets which include murder, infidelity, and other trickery. Are her insecurities valid or just her paranoia? As she sleuths her way through life at Menfreya, her character takes shape and the reader discovers it’s hard to put this book down. The mysterious mansion located by the Cornish sea is entrancing, hence the opening line “To see Menfreya at its best was to see it in the morning”. If you are as enchanted with gothic romance as I am, add this title to your “must read” list. While Holt can be predictable, she never fails to entertain. I read this book in one afternoon and will definately pick it up for a reread sometime in the future. Menfreya in the Morning is one of two books ever that I remember the opening line. Coincidently, I read that this story was inspired by the other title I love so dearly… Rebecca. If you are a Du Maurier fan then you won’t be disappointed by Victoria Holt’s works. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Is opgenomen inMistress of Mellyn / Kirkland Revels / Menfreya in the Morning / On the Night of the Seventh Moon door Victoria Holt Judas Kiss, My Enemy the Queen, Curse of the Kings, Bride of Pendorric, Menfreya, House of a Thousand Lanterns, Spring of the Tiger, Pride of the Peacock, Kirkland Revels, Lord of the he Far Island, Mask of the Enchantress, Secret Woman, Night of the Seventh Moon, Black Opal, Time of the Hunters Moon, Landowner Legacy, Captive #, Secrets of a Nightingale, Silk Vendetta, Road to Paradise Island, India Fan #, Queen of Confession, King of the Castle, Demon Lover, Shadow of the Lynx, Crimson Falcon, Mistress of door Victoria Holt Is verkort inOnderscheidingen
For Harriet Delvaney, the great house of Menfreya, standing like a fortress on the Cornish coast, had always been a citadel of happiness and high spirits. Not until she herself came to Menfreya as a bride did Harriet discover the secret family legend of infidelity, jealousy and murder. And not until the legend seemed to come dangerously to life did Harriet begin to believe the old story that when the tower clock of Menfreya stopped, someone was about to die . . . Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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