More than that though, I think the marketing department failed her in that they set the book up to be something it simply isn’t. She is definitely on the right track, I don’t want to come off as discouraging, but the basic construction leaves much to be desired. Luhning’s writing is pretty decent for a debut, but I can’t bring myself to go any higher than three stars. I didn't get the impression that there would be a sequel, as some have been speculating in their reviews, the book just seemed wrap up too quickly.moreįins this and other reviews at. My other disappointment is that the ending seemed to come very suddenly and it feels incomplete in some way. I understand why they were there and what each illustrated but I was not happy to read them. I have to admit I expected that though, having read about her before, and found the descriptions of animal cruelty to be the worst parts.
This book is certainly not for the faint of heart, the Countess was extremely violent. That isn't to say it isn't a disturbing read. It is instead a fascinating look at the way people can form connections between violence and beauty, obsession, and the thin line that separates sanity from madness. It's much more of a psychological exploration than anything else and no, honestly, not a lot "happens" in the traditional thriller/suspense novel tradition. The problem seems to lie in the marketing - they keep saying it's supposed to be a thriller but it didn't strike me that way at all.
It is instead a fascinating look at the way people can form connections between violence and beauty, obs I'm sorry this book isn't getting better reviews because I think it's extremely well done for what it is. I'm sorry this book isn't getting better reviews because I think it's extremely well done for what it is.
#Broken social scene all to all professional#
Unsure of whom to trust as her professional and personal lives become dangerously entwined, Danica must decide what she is willing to risk to satisfy her attraction to B�thory’s ominous legend.more As Danica’s career and her relationship with her artist-boyfriend, Henry, falters, Maria lures her into a complex social sphere. She claims to have discovered B�thory’s long-lost diaries and she slowly reveals to Danica the horrific, yet fascinating passages. He cultivates his criminal celebrity, and Danica struggles to maintain a professional demeanor with the charismatic Foster as she begins to suspect that his activities may be linked to a cabal that idolizes the countess.ĭanica’s life in London becomes increasingly complicated when Maria, a glamorous friend from Danica’s past, arrives to do archival work in the city. One of her patients, the notorious Martin Foster, murdered a fourteen-year-old girl in homage to B�thory. She has moved from Canada to England to work at Stowmoor, a Victorian insane asylum turned modern-day forensic hospital. Danica, a young forensic psychologist, is drawn to B�thory’s legend. She has moved from Canada to England to work at Stowmoor, a Victorian insane asylum turned mode In sixteenth-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth B�thory tortured and killed over six hundred servant girls in order to bathe in their blood she believed this brutal ritual would preserve her youth and beauty. In sixteenth-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth B�thory tortured and killed over six hundred servant girls in order to bathe in their blood she believed this brutal ritual would preserve her youth and beauty.
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