12/30/2023 0 Comments The book collector alice thompson![]() The Book Collector is a wonderful dark gem of a story. Anything she sees or thinks that is out of the ordinary could be a sign that her “madness” has returned. Alice Thompson’s new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. A little help might have helped her regain perspective, but her husband hustles her off to an asylum after Violet accidentally hurts her son when she hallucinates that the boy is covered in insects. This worry starts to eat Violet alive as she sees threats to her son everywhere. (I say might be because a) she’s being manipulated so much that it’s hard to tell if she is having as many delusions as her husband tells her she is having and b) Victorians did not have that diagnosis in their repertoire.) Violet loves her son and worries about him so much that she doesn’t want a nanny to raise him. Before I twigged to the fairy tale aspect, I was very interested to watch Violet navigate what might be post-partum depression. There is another element of The Book Collector that fascinated me. But, like Angela Carter’s female protagonists, Violet-once she figures out what’s really going on-does not resign herself to the part her husband has laid out for her. Violet’s husband has more than a little of Blue Beard in the way he keeps his secrets and his willingness to threaten Violet when she pries too deeply. The women who are murdered reference “The Little Mermaid,” “The Red Shoes,” and other classic stories. The Book Collector touches on a number of fairy tales. Before she knows quite what’s going on, Violet ends up in an asylum for women who are more troublesome than insane. ![]() Then he won’t let her read any of his books. As she recovers and is released a terrifying series of events is unleashed. Violet is obsessed with the books of fairy tales her husband acquires, but her growing delusions see her confined in an asylum. Then he won’t let Violet read the book of fairy tales he had made for that first wife. Alice Thompson’s new novel is a Gothic story of book collecting, mutilation and madness. Her husband won’t talk about his first wife. To everyone else, Violet has all that a woman could want. The Book Collector is another dark fairy tale come to life in which an innocent woman discovers that her husband is a monster. 30 Day Return Guarantee Item Price: More Shipping Options. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. And this would have been a great shame because Thompson’s brief novel captures some of the feel of Angela Carter, who I adore for the ways that she plays with the conventions of fairy tales. The Book Collector is written by Alice Thompson and published by Salt. Used good paperback Condition Good ISBN 10 1784630438 ISBN 13 9781784630430 Seller. Without her recommendation, I would have missed the delightfully chilling The Book Collector, by Alice Thompson. I’m very glad I follow Australian reader Sophie Carlon. /rebates/2fThe-Book-Collector-Alice-Thompson2fbook2f32387485&.
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