The Death of Jane Lawrence

The Death of Jane Lawrence

2021 • 368 pages

Ratings42

Average rating3.2

15

I don't know what to think about this one. It was confusing as hell.

Edit after thinking on it some more

So the book starts off pretty good because there's a lot of mystery around Augustine's house and body horror. But once we find out what secrets Augustine had been hiding from Jane the book takes a weird turn into magic and the story kind of fizzles out. There are long sections of the book where Jane is basically just torturing herself doing this “research” and she's turning into an awful person all while doing it. And that plot twist with the ghosts that came at the end really threw me for a loop. I still don't understand if the spooky things in the house were real ghosts or were they demons or maybe something else? I'm still confused but I was also skimming chapters towards the end. 3/5 for a strong start, good enough middle, and an okay ending.

November 21, 2023