View Single Post
Old 07-29-2014, 12:54 PM   #11
Mike L
Wizard
Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Mike L ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Mike L's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,479
Karma: 3846231
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl View Post
It's gothic horror so it's sort of Dark Romanticism.
I disagree. It's not horror in the usual meaning of the term. It's a pure locked-room mystery. The "grotesque and bizarre" probably refers to the nature of the crime, although even that's an exaggeration, in my opinion.

To answer the original question, there are no supernatural elements, and the murders are not overly graphic. It's a good story. I especially like the way the different witnesses interpret what they see according to their nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Mike
Mike L is offline   Reply With Quote