I’m in the minority here, a lot of people love this one, but it just didn’t do anything for me. Schwab I would have DNF-ed around the 50% mark, and I think that says a lot. Truthfully, if this wasn’t a short book and this wasn’t V.E. We all know this never ends well in stories and such is the case here, where things at Gallant are not as they seem – and the last entry in her mothers journal says to stay away from Gallant. Olivia receives a letter that her uncle is inviting her to Gallant, their family home, and she is wanted and loved. This book feels like a plateau – a little happens, it gets you to another place, but then its pretty flat. Don’t get me wrong, this does have a bit of a plot, but its very slow and winding. It’s a lot of pretty words and descriptions, but no actual plot. Honestly, it feels like this is a book where nothing much happens.
I listened to the audiobook but flipped through the physical book as well to see the writings and crossed out writings of the journal as well as illustrations through the “journal” and book. The only possession she has from her late mother is a journal in which it seemed she slower went madder and madder. I found mutism to be something I haven’t read about often before so it was intriguing to see how Olivia was treated. I like our main character Olivia well enough, she’s an orphan in a girls home and none of the girls or teachers like her because she can’t speak. It’s marketed as young adult but very much feels like a middle grade novel – which, there is nothing wrong with those! But that isn’t what I went into this book expecting, so I was left disappointed. Unfortunately, this one was a miss for me. Schwab books previously, but hearing there was a new one coming out, I had to read it ASAP to see if I felt about this how I felt about Addie LaRue.
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