The Crow Garden

Oh my God.. I've been struggling to finish this book for four whole months. This is the first time I ever even considered not finishing a book, but I had to, since I got an arc. It got me into a horrible mood where I couldn't even read other, good books. But I've finally made it. Here goes. I love Got......more

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. Dark, classically Victorian in tone, but *slightly* predictable in places. Firstly, let's talk about that book title, and that cover. Both magnificent. How could I resist such a sinister-sounding novel, especially a perio......more

4.5* Following the folklore-soaked mystery “The Hidden People”, Alison Littlewood returns to the Victorian era with her latest book, “The Crow Garden”. The novel’s narrator is Nathaniel Kerner, a young “alienist” or “mad-doctor”, who has found a placing as under-physician at Crakethorne Manor, a remo......more

I'm grateful to the publisher for an advance copy of this book. In Littlewood's latest horror story we are back in Victorian England, visiting that quintessential Gothic location (second, perhaps, to the ruined Priory), the lunatic asylum. Dr Nathaniel Kerner has taken up a post at Crakethorne Asylum,......more

3.5 stars rounded up. Dr Nate Turner begins his position at Crakethorne Asylum and finds one of his patients, Mrs Harleston, very interesting indeed. When she escapes from the asylum he tracks her down in London and his love for her becomes unavoidable, despite her husband’s protestations. But is Mr......more