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Very good and beautiful twist
Alix E Harrow has really grown as an author since writing this short story. It was still enjoyable though 3.65
This was originally posted over at my blog,
A very good long short story (or short novella) with a moderately creepy feel to it. A nice reminder that I have a copy of one of the authors novels, which I will read sometime next year.
I wasn't sure if I would enjoy The Once and Future Witches and The Ten Thousand Doors of January, so quickly read an listened to two of her novellas. Although I liked A Spindle Splintered more than this one, I have decided to rather pass on her other books. I like that she has a very distinctive and quirky writing style, but her stories are a bit juvenile for me. I did however recommend them to my daughter.
I wouldnt say this was a horror, maybe a bit more like fantasy. It reminded me of the book "Caroline" you know with the other mother and the other life. Truck you into coming to the other side. It was a short Listen. I found it on my AudiblePlus for free.
Star Rating: —> 3.5 StarsHmmmm maybe this just wasn't for me? I kinda DID like the ending though. Had MILD Coraline vibes; which is why I gave it 3.5 Stars. Makes me nervous to read any other Alix E. Harrow books? I know they are hit or miss for most people & so i'm really not sure. 🤷🏼♀️ Anyone have advice as to which book is better to read— The Ten Thousand Doors Of January, or The Once & Future Witches? ANY comments are appreciated. But it WAS free. So can't complain TOO much ;) haha.
What an exciting little story! I wanted more! It was eerily reminiscent of The Yellow Wallpaper, a short story I LOVE. So much packed into 45 minutes!
Patience Not-Forsaken Gravely's mother died in an asylum, suffering from what sounds like bipolar disorder. Patience herself has been diagnosed as having "a nervous disposition." When her father inherits Gravely doctor who treated her mother and is treating her recommends that a quiet, rural location will be good for Patience.It's the 1950s, and Patience is "difficult." She loves superhero comics in general, and Wonder Woman in particular, to the grim disapproval of her father. In Gravely House,...
After inheriting the land, Patience finds herself moving to the countryside with her father to live at Gravely House. Her mother dead, she is deemed a troubled child and doctors believe that the country air will be good for her mind. When she arrives, she discovers all is not as it seems and there is something unnatural living in the mirrors. She meets a girl trapped inside them, who Patience calls Not-Forsaken, desperate to escape, and the two become companions of a kind.I found this for free o...
Pretty creepy story about a tempting mirror with a price.
Rating: 8/10I haven’t read any of Harrow’s work on audio, so the fact that this story was an audio-only offering from her was interesting. I’d say her themes and her style are still definitely there, though, and I liked how they were brought to life here.I liked the anger of the female protagonist in this story. The way she talked about seeing her mother in restraints, obviously suffering from a mental illness, and her father and medical professionals treating her like she was damaged goods as a...
That was a very pleasant surprise!
3.5-3.75 Stars
This was a short work and seemed unfinished. I wish there was more to the sotry. THe author deinitely could have expanded this wonderful idea into something that had more meat to it.
Alix E Harrow’s writing never ceases to amaze me. I specifically enjoy audiobooks if her work because her prose has such a lyrical quality. Patience Not Forsaken Gravely is moving upstate with her father to her recently deceased Aunt’s house. Her doctor has diagnosed her with a nervous disposition, just like her mother and living in the calm upstate world is supposed to be good for her. But on the first night, Patience meets the girl in the mirror. She doesn’t have a name, so Patience gives her
