Submitted by Ton Fantôme on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 21:28.
I've never read Kate Mosse before, so this format is entirely new to me and very enticing. I'm in the beginning of Part IV, and I'm very impressed with Sepulchre.
The time period and setting is the most intriguing aspect so far, not to mention how well the novel fits together as a whole even in the very beginning. The music at the end of each chapter. The piano in the Domaine de la Cade that Meredith sees when she enters. The tarot reading. It is all falling together perfectly, and that is part of the "history and present connecting" appeal of this novel. The format fits perfectly because Mosse is constantly revealing the small nuances and subtle hints at how closely the past is related to the present, whether you realize it or not.
The only disappointment I've found so far is the cliché scenes that I imagine you could pull from almost any manual on making a horror film. For example, when Meredith nearly crashes her car in the night on her way to the Domaine de la Cade because she thinks she hit a woman in red with green eyes, who later vanishes once she gets out of the spotless car.
Overall, I cannot wait to finish this book, and I've got friends lining up behind me to borrow it ASAP.
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Cliché but Fantastic
I've never read Kate Mosse before, so this format is entirely new to me and very enticing. I'm in the beginning of Part IV, and I'm very impressed with Sepulchre.
The time period and setting is the most intriguing aspect so far, not to mention how well the novel fits together as a whole even in the very beginning. The music at the end of each chapter. The piano in the Domaine de la Cade that Meredith sees when she enters. The tarot reading. It is all falling together perfectly, and that is part of the "history and present connecting" appeal of this novel. The format fits perfectly because Mosse is constantly revealing the small nuances and subtle hints at how closely the past is related to the present, whether you realize it or not.
The only disappointment I've found so far is the cliché scenes that I imagine you could pull from almost any manual on making a horror film. For example, when Meredith nearly crashes her car in the night on her way to the Domaine de la Cade because she thinks she hit a woman in red with green eyes, who later vanishes once she gets out of the spotless car.
Overall, I cannot wait to finish this book, and I've got friends lining up behind me to borrow it ASAP.