First Impressions of The Animals at Lockwood Manor

maggie_
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Nov 07 2019 – 08:42 PM

Interesting premise

The Animals at Lockwood Manor seems to be a dull title, but once you begin to read, you’ll find...

palazzolom22
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Nov 07 2019 – 05:42 PM

Ambiguous start

The cover is gorgeous, simple but elegant. The first look provides a backstory for the main...

gibsongal
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Nov 07 2019 – 05:17 PM

Historical

I don’t real a lot of historical fiction, especially anything pertaining to WWII. But this book...

jklmnatom
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Nov 07 2019 – 05:00 PM

Super intriguing!

So far, the writing seems a little stiff. I hope that as we get to know Hetty more the writing...

kstevenson81
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Nov 07 2019 – 03:51 PM

has possible promise

The cover and title are captivating. I read the first chapter sample. It feels more for being...

sarahl
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Nov 07 2019 – 03:23 PM

A Great Start!

This story's premise is a wonderful and intriguing mix of WWII-era historical fiction, women's...

grace
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Nov 07 2019 – 01:23 PM

I love museums

The cover is so intriguing but the title intrigued me even more. A young woman who was being...

larryslibrarylady
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Nov 07 2019 – 12:07 PM

it drew me in

I felt "The Animals at Lockwood Manor" started a little slow...the writing style, but I soon...

dawnymae
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Nov 07 2019 – 11:56 AM

Weird

So fun, at first it made me think of a night at the museum. The descriptions of the animals was...

ndoliner89
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Nov 07 2019 – 11:26 AM

beautiful prose!

This is only a small snapshot of the first few pages of this book, and I can already tell it's...

maggielk
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Nov 07 2019 – 09:58 AM

Intriguing

What a short first look! I'm not sure it's enough to truly rate it on, but it seems off to a...

readlove
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Nov 07 2019 – 09:23 AM

Modern Jane Eyre?

I instantly sympathized with Hetty, the undervalued female left behind by the war to care for the...

ang709
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Nov 07 2019 – 09:16 AM

Save the Specimens

This was an interesting intro. It seems already to have some parallels to Jane Eyre, which is...

marjoh13
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Nov 07 2019 – 08:20 AM

Intriguing

The Animals at Lockwood Manor definitely intrigued me from the first sentence of the excerpt....

lena.moraa
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Nov 07 2019 – 08:16 AM

This really looks good

I really like the cover. The design is elegant and clearly well thought out. I'm very interested...

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