Margaret, Ethan, Hannah – the three main characters.
Margaret – an overbearing, manipulative mother.
Ethan – Margaret’s son.
Hannah – the love of Ethan’s life.
I am not an overly sensitive reader, so I was not triggered
by any of the scenarios portrayed in this tale. However, I do appreciate the
author making note of them at the beginning of this tale.
I enjoyed the mentally psychological aspect of this gruesome
tale, as it always interests me how people behave and why.
Margaret always wanted a son. I never really understood why
she had an aversion to girls, but she got her boy in Ethan. She was so
overbearing that her first and second husbands disappeared, but no one really
knew how or why.
Ethan was stuck between how he was brought up by his mother
and his love for Hannah, who only wanted Ethan to see the truth and set some
boundaries. This is not always easy when you have been manipulated all your
life, most especially by a parent whom you are supposed to trust and not
question.
Hannah was stuck between Margaret’s overbearing nature and
Ethan not being able to see the truth.
I was taken by part two of this tale which was told in three
voices – those of Margaret, Ethan, and Hannah. That gave me more insight into
how each of these characters ticked, so to speak. And that final decision that
Ethan made? And what about Hannah and how her personality changed?
This is definitely not a book for the more sensitive
readers, but if you like a pretty dark, twisted tale and aren’t afraid of
creepy dolls and a long-buried journal, give it a try.
