Chateau of Shadows

by Monica Heath

Book by Heath, Monica

Genres: Gothic

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 2, 1973

Reviews

[William · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm sorry to say that I abandoned this novel halfway through. But by that point, its heroine Marva had fallen down a mountain, with accompanying injuries, after which a sinister character who might or might not have been in a fish suit, had shaken her and beaten her. This was after she remembered having been sexually harassed as a teenager by a creepy older artist at a party who had returned to terrorize her by playing pointed Beatles songs on a hotel piano. Meanwhile, all of the backstory Marva and the reader needed came from the garrulous monologues of her meddling aunt back in San Francisco. Nope. I didn't care. Life is too short and already by that point, 60 pages into the novel, it was too long.

[Piper Mcgonigle · Rating 5 out of 5]

review to come
5

my favorite gothic so far!!!

-glam goth setting; mountain chateau, labyrinth of underground caves and rushing rivers! bat-filled skies and sinister winding paths
-i personally loved the IMMENSE plethora of adjectives 😂
-pretty crazy and zany, full of my fave gothic tropes/imagery, kept me wanting to read on
-i was shocked to encounter a child character who l actually liked LOL
-honestly really over the top and FUN