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A review by kait_sixcrowsbooks
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
CAWPILE score: 8.14
What a mysterious, gothic story! Set on the eve of World War II, The Animals at Lockwood Manor follows Hettie, a director of London’s mammal exhibit, and Lucy, the daughter of a man who agrees to host the collection during the war. What follows is a tense stay at Lockwood Manor, as Hettie attempts to keep the creatures safe from harm and possibly…a haunting?
I really enjoyed this book: the characters were interesting, and I found the atmosphere to be utterly tense in the way gothic books usually are. The only thing that really snagged me was more so the production of the audiobook than the story itself — it seemed like there were points throughout that the narrator was speaking softly, and while it would be okay with earbuds, I found that it was a struggle to understand her when I was listening in my car. The narrator did this quite a bit, I’m assuming to add emotion to what was going on in the story at the time, but I found it to be difficult.
Apart from that, though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am thinking about grabbing a physical copy of my own!
What a mysterious, gothic story! Set on the eve of World War II, The Animals at Lockwood Manor follows Hettie, a director of London’s mammal exhibit, and Lucy, the daughter of a man who agrees to host the collection during the war. What follows is a tense stay at Lockwood Manor, as Hettie attempts to keep the creatures safe from harm and possibly…a haunting?
I really enjoyed this book: the characters were interesting, and I found the atmosphere to be utterly tense in the way gothic books usually are. The only thing that really snagged me was more so the production of the audiobook than the story itself — it seemed like there were points throughout that the narrator was speaking softly, and while it would be okay with earbuds, I found that it was a struggle to understand her when I was listening in my car. The narrator did this quite a bit, I’m assuming to add emotion to what was going on in the story at the time, but I found it to be difficult.
Apart from that, though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am thinking about grabbing a physical copy of my own!