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Bezig met laden... The Seance. A Novel (origineel 2008; editie 2008)door John Harwood (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkThe Seance door John Harwood (2008)
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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.   ) cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |  amanda_dunker | Mar 12, 2023 | Spoilers ahead. I'm very into gothic-type hauntings and ghost stories these days. I love it when they stick to the old rules of having a female protagonist whose sanity is questioned, but I love it even more when it's subversed in a feminist way, where we can clearly see how the woman is being gaslighted by respectable men trying to either protect her or present her as a hysteric - when she has been sane and correct all along. And this book kinda does that, which is one of it's greater qualities. It shows the unfortunate possition of women in a male dominated world. What I didn't enjoy was the rape, mentioned mostly as cohersion and not by name, the creepy villain, the complete lack of ghosts, and the fact that the last chapters felt like a mysttery whodunnit and not a ghost story. The characters were charmingly written and interesting. The premise and setting were amazing. But I didn't get exactly what I bargained for, and it left me a bit bitter. (  ) Silenostar | Dec 7, 2022 | ) JessicaReadsThings | Dec 2, 2021 | The narrators are Fiona Hardingham, Simon Vance, and Katherine Kellgren. Hardingham got way too excited in the actiony parts of the novel and got a little shouty during these scenes, which took away from my excitement of the audiobook. Vance is of course amazing, and I love his voice. Kellgren was very good also, and not as upper crust an English accent as Hardingham, which was more enjoyable to me. All in all, I love this author, and I enjoy his novels very much. This book is a great way to spend a rainy day with some tea, curled in your favorite reading spot. 3.5 stars, and recommended to lovers of the Victorian era, twisty turny mysteries, multiple narrators, easy-ish plotlines, and rainy day novels. ( ) stephanie_M | Apr 30, 2020 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: A haunting tale of apparitions, a cursed manor house, and two generations of women determined to discover the truth, by the author of The Ghost Writer Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there... Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister, the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance; perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life. So begins this brilliant and gripping novel, a dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains—and of murder. Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to Constance, and she must descend into the darkness at the heart of the Wraxford mystery to find the truth—even at the cost of her life. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.55)
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