A pretty regular thriller book, but still enjoyable! I enjoyed it plenty enough and kept going back, but it feels like one of those forgetable ones that will get lost in the mix of all the others of this genre. The author did a great job of making me dislike most of the main family, but not necessarily in a bad way, their flaws are the main focus so it's good thing really. The plot was pretty regular, I felt like it tried to do some big twists but they were, for the most part, predictable. Although some of the reactions had me gasping!

Upon my first read I took the book as it is, in that I enjoyed it like I was watching a season of Bridgerton or something. I had heard the book is revolutionary, but failed to see how a well to do English society of match making posh white people was anything far out of the box. These aren't my favourite genres, but I enjoyed it well enough, suffering through the flowery language but taking it for the time piece it is. Only after I finished the book did I decide to do a bit more external analysis, watching studies on YouTube and hearing different perspectives. Then it all made so much more sense, knowing now how historically Jane Austen was one of the first writers to ever approach certain writing styles ect. I think this book goes well with a study for sure, even a brief one like I had, to truly appreciate it. I wish it was one that my school had on the curriculum!

I really enjoyed this book! If you're a fan of the more macabre, religion, historic depravity stuff like me, you will really dig it. It progresses well, the twists and turns all linking back to each other but not in an overly confusing way. If you liked the film The VVitch, you'll like this.