Cherie Priest
Paperback | Pages: 435 pages Rating: 3.58 | 4218 Users | 906 Reviews
Define Containing Books Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)
| Title | : | Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1) |
| Author | : | Cherie Priest |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 435 pages |
| Published | : | September 2nd 2014 by Roc |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Paranormal. Urban Fantasy |
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Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one....The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny.
But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place. It originates from the ocean’s depths, plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madness.
This evil cannot hide from me. No matter what guise it assumes, I will be waiting for it. With an axe.
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| ISBN: | 0451466977 (ISBN13: 9780451466976) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Borden Dispatches #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2015) |
Rating Containing Books Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)
Ratings: 3.58 From 4218 Users | 906 ReviewsJudgment Containing Books Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1)
3.5 Priests talent is evident from the action scenes to the voice she gives her characters setting a tone of madness, desperation, fear and darkness. From the beginning, we get a sense of the wrongness around Falls River and slowly we along with the character's piece together and being to understand, although neither they nor we will ever fully understand what has occurred. Lizzie is an unexpected hero in all of this. She is an axe wielding, intelligent woman who with the aid of Emma has set up
The horror elements were decent, but not very original -- Lovecraft by way of Caitlín R. Kiernan, and nowhere close to as creepy as either. Didn't particularly care for any of the characters, but they were moderately developed. Didn't see any reason besides name recognition for the use of a real historical figure. The romance was weak, mostly because Nance was so unappealing and the grounding of the relationship never explained.Wolf and his organization, which was the most intriguing part (aside
First things first, as soon as I realized this was Lovecraftian cosmic horror-madness there was a significant increase in my interest in this book. Second things second, Lizzie Borden as the heroine of a supernatural horror story is just the kind of thing I like. Third things third, Cherie Priest's writing in this book was super easy for me to get through, especially considering 1) I'm not a fan of first person POV, and 2) I had a hard time getting into Boneshaker without the audiobook to drive
3.5/5 Mon avis en Français My English review I was curious to discover the novel since its release but its true that I really tried it now with the release of the second volume. I must say that I was anxious to see what the author had managed to feature with two well-known characters such as Emma and Lizzy Borden.The novel is divided into various sections that allow us to follow different protagonists throughout history and so have some varied POVs. Yet more particularly, we follow the two
I finished this one a couple of nights ago and I've been (on and off) considering what to rate it. Many of you will "love" this book and I'm sure others will like it much more than I did. I have to go with a "not bad". This is a sort of down the middle rating between like and...blah. The problem for me is what others will probably like best. This is an epistolary novel and we get a view primarily from Emma Borden's point of view though "Lizzie's" viewpoint also comes in as do others. The plus
This is a fun read! It is full of explicit scenes of horrific gore, but it also introduces a reimagined Lizzie Borden as warrior and hero, giving an alternate reason for her ax expertise. I was reminded of 19th century gothic romances by the books construction. Each character keeps a journal and the chapters alternate between several people writing of their lives, adventures and feelings. But while the basic style is a reminder of the Victorian manners of earlier authors writing for penny
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