Pup and Dolly Yearman lose their mother at a fairly young age. Pup decides to sell his soul to the devil to have a happy life while Dolly goes from being his sister to his mother. Pup takes up magic, but for Dolly, it is so much more.I did not enjoy this one. While there were definitely some aspects that were interesting, such as watching a slow decent into madness, as a whole, I found the story fairly pointless. My mind was not trying to figure out what would happen as very little was happening in the story. As a result, I found it very unstimulating. This book became my cure for insomnia. Four pages and I was out.
I can't say that this was written poorly, because it was not. I can't say that the characters were depicted poorly, because they were not either. In fact, they were very clearly shown. I just didn't find myself caring for them,
This book, under 300 pages long, took me 13 days to read! That only happens when I am not enjoying a book. I should have just put it down and found something else, after all, I am not short of books to read.
Who would I recommend this to? Someone I don't like? Someone who needs help dropping off to sleep at night? Maybe someone who is interested in some strange psyche? I gave this two stars on Goodreads. It was OK, and at least, for 13 days, I got some good sleep.
I hope I will enjoy the other Ruth Rendell books I have. Had I picked that one up first, I would not have been as happy.
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