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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I low-key enjoyed this one 😂 It was objectively terrible, with a plot that went nowhere, absolutely no sense of suspense or pacing, and wildly unlikely twists. Yet despite her tendency to burst into tears and/or faint in basically every chapter, I found myself liking Emily. I appreciated her commitment to what she believed was right and her determination to follow her morals even when they weren't the easy path. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This is also a book I've seen referenced so many other places, and it was fun and interesting to read it for myself and see how it's influenced other writers and books. I don't see myself rereading this one, but it was an entertaining one-time read, especially thanks to the team moaning and groaning of the #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead 😂

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 13h

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 so so bad but maybe a little good? I‘m still conflicted 🤣 13h

Librarybelle I‘m behind on this one, but I‘m not minding it, so I share in your unpopular opinion! It‘s my second read through…I oddly enjoy these over-the-top classics. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 13h

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TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle - Once I just started leaning into the absolute absurdity of it, I liked it much better. I don't think Radcliffe intended to make me snort-laugh as often as she did 😂 😂 😂 13h

BarkingMadRead Probably not 🤣🤣🤣 13h

AnishaInkspill When i finished reading this last year, in places it was torture but by the end I couldn't beleive I was thinking of reading this again 😂 there's just something about it 😂 11h

Lcsmcat I‘m with you. I read it years ago, because of Jane Austen, and just decided to go along for the ride rather than take it seriously. 11h

Daisey I recently went back and looked at some of my own posts from reading this and realized I had much the same experience reading it, but I still have no desire to reread it yet. 10h

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kwmg40

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

so-so

Reading this lengthy classic gothic romance was a slog but the process was made more enjoyable with #hashtagbrigade! @BarkingMadRead

#HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames2024 @LiseWorks
#gottacatchemallwinteredition (mountain) @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ #letterR @TexReader
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#1001

BarkingMadRead You did it!!! Woohoo! 22h

Ruthiella For me, this became only palatable when I leaned into the silliness of it. 😆 21h

TheAromaofBooks We made it through!! 😂 14h

mcctrish 🎶looks like we made it 🎶 to quote Barry Manilow 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 12h

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Gissy

In the Lonely Hours | Shannon Morgan

so-so

Book 5 September 2024

I liked the premise and the atmospheric description. A gothic story about this woman who discovered after her abusive father died that needs to take care of an unknown woman who is in an asylum. What she did to know this woman in the asylum was so unrealistic🙄and the ending so predictable. There are some paranormal elements. Still like how author describes the environment but the story is unrealistic. 2.5/3⭐️

Gissy Trigger- abusive male relationship

Love this edition and the Once Upon A Book gifts were practical. 3d

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khooliha

Mistress of Mellyn | Victoria Holt

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Honestly, the horror of some of the final chapter bumps this Gothic up to a light pick. Good for you, book!

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

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The best thing I can say about this book is we probably wouldn‘t have Northanger Abbey without it 😂😂😂

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3d

BarbaraJean 😂😂 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.19: #andtheyalllivedhappilyeverafter #withlotsofpropertyexchanginghands #theend #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 3d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
3d

mcctrish And no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3d

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Bookwormjillk WE MADE IT! Thanks @BarkingMadRead 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Finally!!! I never would have gotten through this without @BarkingMadRead and the Hashtag Brigade. 3d

BarkingMadRead This was rough 🤣 I was reading another book and the author used verdant and I was legit pissed 🤣 3d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😂😂😂 3d

AllDebooks Thank god for you guys, this was a tough read 🫣 3d

TheAromaofBooks Verdant is going to give us all reading PTSD forever 😂 Thank you so much for hosting!! I didn't enjoy this one, but it was an interesting read, and I can see why it was so popular in its day. 3d

eeclayton TGIO! Thanks @barkingmadread and #hashtagbrigade I could never have done this without you! 3d

AnishaInkspill yeyyy, what a marathon. I didn't read this with you all and read it last year, and was really with you all, if its any cnsolation this took me months to read. 2d

Bklover Thanks so much @BarkingMadRead ! You always make this fun!❤️❤️ 2d

julieclair This was quite the journey! How will I ever survive without my daily dose of tears and verdure? 😂💚 Thanks for this, @BarkingMadRead , I would have never made it through on my own. 2d

kwmg40 I don't think I would have gotten through this without the #hashtagbrigade and your encouragement, @BarkingMadRead! It was a struggle but I'm glad I finished the book, if only to check another book off my #1001 list. 23h

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.18: #emilyisplayingtheluteinthetower #thatsnotweird #valancourtappears #somuchcrying #allisfinallywell #thegangisalltogether #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 4d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
4d

Bookwormjillk Finally, finally, finally 4d

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mcctrish No weirdness detected at all 🤣🤣🤣 of course it was all a misunderstanding #valancourtwasframed 4d

TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why Valencourt didn't just say all this to begin with?!?!!? 4d

Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks Because that doesn‘t sell books! 🤣 4d

AllDebooks 🙄 4d

Clare-Dragonfly This chapter is such a microcosm of the book. “Did you really not know this thing I didn‘t tell you, this thing you didn‘t ask about, and this other thing that I hinted at vaguely?” “Oh, how could you believe I knew something I refused to tell you and something that somebody told somebody else who told my cousin‘s roommate‘s best friend‘s sister-in-law?” 🙄🙄🙄 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Am I dating myself with this photo?
#anyway

4.17: yikes! #laurentiniwaswiththemarquis #heditchedherforthemarchioness #lalagotpissed #shetrickedtheMarquisintopoisoningtheMarchioness #whowasemilysauntie #didnotseethatcoming #lalaspunishmentwasconventlife #somanyparallels #yikesagain #staytuned #almostdone #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 5d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover 5d

Ruthiella Yes! But you are in good company ! 😂 5d

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Luke-XVX Jeanne Tripplehorn though, good lord !!! 5d

AllDebooks Lol 🤣 5d

dabbe @Luke-XVX I think it was Anne Archer, though they both look a LOT alike! 🤩 5d

Luke-XVX Haha I stand corrected! (Now I remember her from Patriot Games) 5d

mcctrish Todays chapter could have been the whole book #justsaying 5d

eeclayton At least now we know what was behind the veil. Even if it was a very WTF kinda explanation. 5d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right?! 😂 Also, who else was shocked that Laurentini is her first name?! I definitely thought it was a last name. 5d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly that‘s the mystery right there 🤣🤣🤣 5d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish The real mystery of Udolpho: Who Are These Udolpho People Who Name Their Kid Laurentini? 5d

TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - LITERALLY what I was thinking when I was reading this - this is like a synopsis of all the actually interesting parts of this story that we weren't allowed to know about for some reason 😂 5d

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks I definitely think it would have been more effective if we had learned what Emily read/saw earlier on and then revealed what it all meant at the end. Explaining it away immediately after revealing the mystery made it so much less shocking as a reader 5d

TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine - I totally agree!! I think if we knew what Emily did - that there was a half-decayed body in a hidden room - EVERYTHING would have been way creepier than just “something is there“ - and then in the end we get the big reveal about it not being a real body. As it is it was just kind of - it's a body! PSYCH! The end. lol 4d

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BarkingMadRead

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

4.16: whoa #agnesisLaurentini #emilyisrelatedtothemarchioness #emilycallsheramurderer #rip ☠️ #thedudewhoheardagnesconfessknowsthecreeper #becauseofcoursehedoes #hevisitsandtellaabouthishero #whobailedhimoutofjail #valancourt #whogambledbutnevercheated #thecountfeelslikeshit #aswellheshould #hewritestoapologizetovalancourt #isittoolate #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 6d

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @peanutnine @bklover
6d

Clare-Dragonfly See, I told you V was just misunderstood because THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!! 6d

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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so relieved 😰 6d

mcctrish Well that was action packed @Clare-Dragonfly they also don‘t read or finish thoughts or ever let us know what‘s going on! Emily is haunted by papers she burned and didn‘t read except for a few words which she won‘t recount to us 😡 6d

Bookwormjillk This book is almost over and I feel like we‘re still in the introduction. 6d

eeclayton @mcctrish I also really want to know what she saw behind that veil in the castle of Udolpho 😡 6d

mcctrish @eeclayton is this the mystery of udolpho? Unfinished thoughts? Things not described? Conversations not had? Things we missed cuz we fainted ? it‘s certainly not tears not shed #rivershavebeencried #lakeshavebeenfilled 6d

dabbe Your picture says EVERYTHING about this book that I simply could not finish. Absolute kudos to all of you who could! You are my inspiration! 💙❄️💙 6d

AllDebooks @mcctrish 😅🤣🤣 I actually feel cheated. This is supposed to be one of the most iconic, ground-breaking gothic novels and it's pure melodrama eeked out forrrrreeeevvvvvvver #teenagevoiceandeyeroll 👀🙄 Where all the ghosts and mysteries at? 6d

AllDebooks If you use the analogy of a walk in the park for the twists and turns of actual plot alongside all the flimflam melodrama that padded it out, we actually just walked every bloody peak in the Pyrenees. 6d

mcctrish @AllDebooks yay I got my steps in this week/month 6d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

I just had to be done with it 🤣 #wintergames24 #holidaybookdragons #hashtagbrigade #wintercleardown #longest #winterpokemon #storm #bingoboards #placeintitle #europe #friendstolovers #quirkyolderrelative #BINGO #WGwordsearch

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