Luna

It could have been better

Reviewed: 05-28-25

Good twist, love the tie-in with The Silent Patient, but the ending was lackluster. Some of the characters should have been represented more

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Biggest waste of my time

Reviewed: 04-13-24

The author ruined the book by writing it.

First part of the book was amazing but then gets very weirdly religious which I found incredibly off putting. I don’t want religion and horror to mix unless it’s along the lines of the exorcist, supernatural, the witch, the omen, etc. I want creepy religious not preachy religious.

Also so many phrases, words, and people get mentioned over and over throughout the book but never get resolved or explained. There are so many chapters where nothing happens of any importance. Overall an incredible waste of my time and credit. No idea what the publisher was thinking.

However Christine Lakin did an AMAZING job and I would highly recommend listening to her narration on any other book besides this one.

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A waste of time

Reviewed: 01-12-24

Plot was terribly painful to endure. No depth in the story or characters. The conclusion made the story pointless in my opinion. The “twists” had no impact and did nothing to render any amount of suspense.

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Not as good as Ninth House

Reviewed: 02-21-23

I loved Ninth House and was really looking forward to this release but was disappointed. Alex was very painful to witness throughout the book. In the first, she was portrayed as this kind of badass with no regrets. In Hell Bent she was so wishy washy. She seems to switch between how she's an awful human, then to badass, self sacrificing, then scared but not scared. I found it too much. All the inner dialog seemed pointless and the constant use of phrases like the "golden boy of Lethe" was also repetitive. Mentioning Babbit Rabbit before explaining the significance also felt like leaving out a huge piece of information for the reader. This book just didn't flow as well as Ninth House.

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WOW

Reviewed: 12-01-22

Where to begin?

I absolutely adored this blend of fact and fiction where I could just completely dissolve into the story. Every chapter or so switches characters and eras and leaves you with a cliffhanger that kept me listening for hours because I thought I had each new mystery solved, but nothing was as it seemed!

Fiona Davis really researched the history, art, and people so thoroughly it's beautiful in and of itself. Knowing that the house and some of the characters were real and actually walked among those halls and viewed the mentioned works of art just makes it that more fascinating!

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Very good but was confused at parts

Reviewed: 09-25-22

Absolutely love this author and overall I loved this book enough to get all 3 in the series. After all the horrible things with JK Rowling I'm glad that this is an alternative but there are similarities that are too similar for my liking. There are other parts where I found myself getting lost with some of the language in the beginning because the words for things sounded the same. Once I figured that out though I was fine!

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Brilliant!!!

Reviewed: 09-14-22

Absolutely lovely.
I don't know much about Russia during this era so it was a beautiful gateway into it, I learned so much! It was a magnificent story and the characters felt so alive. I didn't care for Nina but I loved Sophia and reminded me of Eloise living in the hotel and causing mischief with the geese! I just adored this book so much! Will listen to again! The narrator was the perfect choice for this 👌

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MICHAEL C. HALL AND TRUMAN CAPOTE!? I'M IN LOVE

Reviewed: 07-09-22

This is my first time reading the story and I had forgotten that Truman Capote had written it. I'm so glad I decided to read it, the characters are so fascinating and feel so authentic, real, and even crazy. Don't get me wrong I love Audrey Hepburn but I understand why Truman Capote never liked her in the role of Tiffany or the movie itself.
I have to admit after reading this I wish the movie had followed the book more closely because I love the Holly in the book more. I love the story how it is and I don't think it needed to be a love story. I like that the end leaves you questioning things because that's how Tiffany is.

I was SO excited to see Michael C. Hall narrating it that my heart almost couldn't take it. He did such a fabulous job with the voices. His tone and inflections were spot on. I never would have thought of him as an audio book reader but I'm purposefully going to look for more books that he's done!

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It was decent

Reviewed: 07-07-22

The only parts I really enjoyed were learning about the parts of Texas and constantly going back and forth on who Carl really was. I did find it lacking in quite a few areas and felt like it needed to be explained more or even have parts taken out. The ending felt rushed. Everything came together just a little too perfectly, like they were on a wild goose chase but they had the answers the whole time and they only went cause granddad wanted to get outta the house for a few days. I want to give her other books a chance but I'm hesitant.

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Wanted to love it but couldn't

Reviewed: 06-11-22

I felt like the story went around in a giant circle and left much to be desired. I found myself struggling getting through it and was at least hoping there was going be a huge lead up to the climax but there never seemed to be any. The performance was superbly done and the book itself was beautifully written but this just made it more of a let down because it had such potential to be great and it just fell short in my opinion.

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