![]() As we learn more about each character’s circumstances we begin to form theories in our mind of what will come next, but what’s unique is that it doesn’t take place in a completely linear fashion, so things are happening in the future and in the past, all at various times. The ease in which the author leads us into each separate plot, then slowly ties them all together is where the fun lies in this book. The Huntress herself is the scariest, but we don’t get her first person perspective at all, so she remains removed from the reader in an unnerving way. ![]() But we alternate between 3 and 4 different stories throughout the novel, so we don’t spend much time getting to know any character thoroughly. ![]() Despite this, Nina was my favourite because she was so tough-she grew up in Siberia, fearing very little, enduring the harshest conditions one can imagine. ![]() Perhaps because I read this book so close to that one, I found the characterization lacking in The Huntress. A few months ago I read Transcription by Kate Atkinson which featured a mouthy character I fell in love with. ![]()
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