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A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
5.0
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Forced Miscarriage, Suicide
I picked this book off the bookstore shelf solely because the cover was cool. Then I saw that it was about a patient in an insane asylum in the 1800s??? That's SO up my alley.
And I really really really enjoyed it.
Grace is an amazing character. Her dissociation was fascinating to read and how she ended up dealing with it and rising above. It was just such a great flowing story and I really liked that particular part.
The beginning when Grace is still in Boston's asylum broke my heart. Just what she had to endure. It was awful. I did really like Falsteed as a character though. He was just so very fascinating. I wouldn't mind a book about him.
I also love that there was no romance. I LIVE for good books with no romance. It makes total sense with Grace being a sexual abuse survivor. I was SO sure Grace and Thornhollow would get together and there's some slight suggestion towards the end, but nothing concrete.
I think having Grace be Thornhollow's assistant in his detective activities was a nice addition to the book and it was fun reading how quickly Grace picked up murder scene deduction.
I love that Grace made friends in Lizzie and Nell at the Ohio asylum. Grace somehow forges such strong friendship without the use of her voice and I found that really interesting.
The ending was super satisfying too, so I really have no bad things to say about this book. I truly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who loves historical fiction, especially HF about asylums.
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Forced Miscarriage, Suicide
I picked this book off the bookstore shelf solely because the cover was cool. Then I saw that it was about a patient in an insane asylum in the 1800s??? That's SO up my alley.
And I really really really enjoyed it.
Grace is an amazing character. Her dissociation was fascinating to read and how she ended up dealing with it and rising above. It was just such a great flowing story and I really liked that particular part.
The beginning when Grace is still in Boston's asylum broke my heart. Just what she had to endure. It was awful. I did really like Falsteed as a character though. He was just so very fascinating. I wouldn't mind a book about him.
I also love that there was no romance. I LIVE for good books with no romance. It makes total sense with Grace being a sexual abuse survivor. I was SO sure Grace and Thornhollow would get together and there's some slight suggestion towards the end, but nothing concrete.
I think having Grace be Thornhollow's assistant in his detective activities was a nice addition to the book and it was fun reading how quickly Grace picked up murder scene deduction.
I love that Grace made friends in Lizzie and Nell at the Ohio asylum. Grace somehow forges such strong friendship without the use of her voice and I found that really interesting.
The ending was super satisfying too, so I really have no bad things to say about this book. I truly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who loves historical fiction, especially HF about asylums.