The Beloveds
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/25/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/25/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this softcover from an online seller. Sounds like some interesting psychological suspense.
Later: intriguing, often-creepy story, from the viewpoint of Betty, a woman who's been jealous of her "golden girl" little sister Gloria since childhood. Betty has also become dedicated to the family home, Pipits - but when their mother leaves the house and grounds to Gloria and her husband Henry, Betty's already-dangerous nature gets really, really bad...
Since we only hear things from Betty's point of view, it takes a while to see just how sociopathic she is - and to realize how unbalanced she's become. Between her growing dependence on gin and tranquilizers and her lack of appetite, it's surprising she lasts out the story! Along the way she considers ways to regain her beloved Pipits, first by poisoning Henry (he survives) then by a much more extreme step - which also doesn't turn out as she'd planned, though it triggers major changes in everyone's lives.
Part of the suspense is in whether her plots will succeed or fail, and whether she'll be called to account for her actions. She seems to be quite good at being a karma houdini, though she does get spotted (or at least suspected) here and there. She's not a very likable person, but I have to admit her machinations kept me reading!
In many ways the story reminded me of Mother Love by Domini Taylor; overall I enjoyed that one more, but they both feature unbalanced and dangerously vengeful characters whose actions wreak havoc.
Later: intriguing, often-creepy story, from the viewpoint of Betty, a woman who's been jealous of her "golden girl" little sister Gloria since childhood. Betty has also become dedicated to the family home, Pipits - but when their mother leaves the house and grounds to Gloria and her husband Henry, Betty's already-dangerous nature gets really, really bad...
Since we only hear things from Betty's point of view, it takes a while to see just how sociopathic she is - and to realize how unbalanced she's become. Between her growing dependence on gin and tranquilizers and her lack of appetite, it's surprising she lasts out the story! Along the way she considers ways to regain her beloved Pipits, first by poisoning Henry (he survives) then by a much more extreme step - which also doesn't turn out as she'd planned, though it triggers major changes in everyone's lives.
Part of the suspense is in whether her plots will succeed or fail, and whether she'll be called to account for her actions. She seems to be quite good at being a karma houdini, though she does get spotted (or at least suspected) here and there. She's not a very likable person, but I have to admit her machinations kept me reading!
In many ways the story reminded me of Mother Love by Domini Taylor; overall I enjoyed that one more, but they both feature unbalanced and dangerously vengeful characters whose actions wreak havoc.
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at LFL - Lake St. #4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, June 30, 2020
GoryDetails at LFL - Lake St. #4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (6/30/2020 UTC) at LFL - Lake St. #4 in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in the Little Free Library outside the Adult Learning Center; hope someone enjoys it!
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2020 Allergic to A challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2020 June Brides challenge. ***
