Greta
I had bought Victorian Psycho with the expectations of getting in to some "femgore" literature.
Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed by both the characters and the plot. There was so much opportunity for an interesting character backstory here, but the only personality trait of Winifred Notty was "Psychopath". Every single character was superficial and annoying. I think having a psychopath as the narrator just doesn't make for much emotional turmoil and sadly, the plot failed to compensate for this problem.
Although I liked the setting in the Victorian Era and the funny bits, I was left feeling underwhelmed. On a scale from "ice cold" to "extremely hot" (extremely hot being the best book I've ever read), I would describe this book as "room temperature": not uninteresting, but still "meh".
I had bought Victorian Psycho with the expectations of getting in to some "femgore" literature.
Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed by both the characters and the plot. There was so much opportunity for an interesting character backstory here, but the only personality trait of Winifred Notty was "Psychopath". Every single character was superficial and annoying. I think having a psychopath as the narrator just doesn't make for much emotional turmoil and sadly, the plot failed to compensate for this problem.
Although I liked the setting in the Victorian Era and the funny bits, I was left feeling underwhelmed. On a scale from "ice cold" to "extremely hot" (extremely hot being the best book I've ever read), I would describe this book as "room temperature": not uninteresting, but still "meh".