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Title: MelmothAuthor: Sarah Perry
Published: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 304
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
Set in Prague, an Englishwoman living there comes across the legend of Melmoth the Witness and she starts getting the sense that she's being followed... and then suddenly, one of her friends disappears.
Review:
You may know that this author wrote The Essex Serpent which I read a few years ago and adored. I had high hopes for this book because of that, but I was sadly a little disappointed with this.
The writing in this is undeniably gorgeous and creates a really bleak, eerie and amazing atmosphere. The setting of Prague is brought to life and you get a good sense of the history of the city. The whole story has a wonderfully gothic feel to it. I liked reading about the characters in here, but now that I've finished the book, they do feel a very forgettable.
My biggest problem with this book was that I honestly found it to be... boring. There were definitely parts that really had me hooked but then a lot of the stuff in between those bits felt tedious and uninteresting. I love the idea of Melmoth and her constantly watching and she's the one who I feel is supposed to hold all of the threads of this story together and she doesn't quite make it.
So I can't say I'm not a little let down by this. I just wasn't that into it.
You can read more about it on Goodreads
