Wendy Wallace (1) (1956–)
Autor de The Painted Bridge
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Obras de Wendy Wallace
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1956-07-11
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
photographer - Agente
- Mulcahy Associates
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 269
- Popularidad
- #85,899
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 19
- ISBNs
- 31
- Idiomas
- 3
Lots of interesting characters, if not all multi-dimensional. Beautiful storytelling and writing. A clipping pace that packed in a lot (photography! London! the seaside! the madhouse!) and didn't always feel rushed--though it did seem to race through Anna's time at Lake House. For all she's going stir crazy, the reader doesn't really feel it happening along with her. And when she starts suffering treatments, we're told more about the physical effects than the mental. Somehow, and we're not quite told how, Anna presents herself as more sane than when she arrived after horrible physical abuse. A bit of introspection showing the reader how she got there might have been nice.
I really liked Anna's character overall, and her sister's. Louise's dependence on clairvoyants and mix of wanting to help and not wanting to fight struck very true to me. Anna was, for the most part, a lovely human bundle of contradictions. My one major complaint about her is that
At the same time as I wanted a bit more greyness, I also wanted one thing explicitly stated: the fact that Anna's knife is missing. We're told she can't find it. We're told Talithia killed herself with a knife. But I don't think the connection is ever actually made between the two. Didn't anyone wonder where the knife came from? Didn't anyone notice that it was unusual, not just your average kitchen knife?
Finally, I felt the end was just wrapped up with a bow a bit too neatly. Dr. St. Clair learned his lesson. Anna not only got out of the asylum, got the guy, and got rid of
So while I did like the writing, the characters, and the settings, I can't say this was one of the better books I've read. I'd be happy to read something else by Wallace as she matures as a writer, since she definitely has all the groundwork she needs, but this particular book will be passed along to someone who might appreciate it more.
No quotes because I'm writing this from Canada!