so-soWhile fleeing Paris, conman La Motte is forced to take under his wing Adeline, on the run from her father, who is trying to force her into becoming a nun.
Although the effects of scenery on people's moods are important all through the book, the author really goes overboard with the travelogue sections of vol. 3, apparently based on travel books of the time. This striving for geographical realism is odd given how unrealistic the people are.
pick(1790) Ear-read during a long drive, this is Radcliffe's second novel and packed full of Gothic tropes: an exotic location (Sicily! Land of hot-blooded lovers!); a large sprawling mansion with decaying disused maybe-haunted rooms where mysterious lights appear; secret passages, family scandals, star-crossed love, and lots of fainting and almost-fainting and bursting into tears. It's a lot of muchness, but it was a welcome traveling companion
panA fantastical retelling of Macbeth from the perspective Lady Macbeth.
Atmospheric ✨ Brooding ✨ Witchy
I went back and forth on liking this book, but ultimately felt that in trying to paint Lady Macbeth as a troubled, frightened, and suppressed wife, the story actually does the opposite of what it sets out to do - it takes away her agency and her voice. I think she‘s a more compelling character as a plotting, guilt ridden, and ambitious wife.
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pickThis book is so violently pink it hurts. But I had a good time! Although if I ever have to read about another woman calling herself an ermine again I might also go insane, I enjoyed a retelling of Macbeth from Lady Macbeth‘s perspective. Having only read The Wolf and the Woodsman from Reid before, I‘m glad the pacing issues I had from that one didn‘t appear here.
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The Scottish Play is my favourite Shakespeare play, so I am intrigued by a retelling about Lady Macbeth. Ava Reid has done her research & has based the story & language in 11th Century Scotland. Is Lady Macbeth the villain men have painted her to be?
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