“I think the story could possibly be exaggerated, but I don't doubt that disturbing things like that actually happened. Frankly though, I don't know who I'm supposed to sympathize with. Dr. Seth never quite seemed to come out of his controlling, puppeteer characterization; William was not all that bad but not all that good either and Lucy became the most disturbing character of all in the end.I thought it was very well written. I didn't like the story because it was a real downer, but it was quite interesting. I don't agree that Lucy was just a victim of her society; not everyone who's repressed is hysterical or murderous, but I guess that's what kept me reading to the end.”
“Excellent book! The writer really draws you into the lives back in that time. You get a real sympathy for the main character as to the way she was treated. I couldn't imagine living back then and being treated as nothing but an object that has no mind of her own.”
“Bad book. Very bad book. The writing wasn't terrrible, but the story--ugh. I'll repeat what iIsaid in my review. Edith Wharton on crack. Just a grotesque, and what I believe to be a highly unlikely story. Not believeable, and really purient. I might as well be reading some romance novel. Not worthy of my time.”
“This is a good book and a disturbing one at that. The author delves into what occurs when a strong woman is forced to totally subjugate herself to her father and husband - the mental illness that ensures, the attempts to treat and control it, as the disquieting results. I liked this book but did not love it. I found the neurologist, Victor Seth, very unsympathetic, although I felt as though we, as readers, were supposed to "come around" to him. I found the husband the more sympathetic character, and I'm sure that this is not what Chance intended”
“It was a little slow at the beginning, but I am glad I kept reading...very good ending.Enjoy if you read it.”
