Little Eve

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The entire book is such an interesting ride because, despite knowing from the start that she has committed a terrible crime, it was impossible for me not to love her and feel compassion for her when I saw the cult-like setting she had been raised in and the terrible treatment that she and her siblings had undergone. I really enjoyed this, it's one of those books you get completely caught up in, my second by Catriona Ward, now I really need to read her first novel, Rawblood.

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This "clan" lives in a castle on the island of Altnaharra, off the coast of Scotland, with a causeway connecting it to the mainland.I’m not a fan of these previously released books getting a second printing without disclosing the fact that they are old material.

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I can understand why these books have been used as reference points, since most people will be at least vaguely familiar with what they're about, but Little Eve is nothing at all like The Loney, and not much like The Girls either since that book was barely about life within a cult. She appeared on television to demonstrate the dance steps, which turned out to bear a clear resemblance to the Mashed Potato and the Twist. But there is one survivor, Dinah, who points the finger of blame at fellow cult member Evelyn as the killer. Eva remained with Dimension until 1964, recording at least one classic of the girl group genre, The Trouble With Boys.There's so much going on within this story, yet somehow, it never felt like too many moving parts; Catriona Ward juggled them all so fluidly that I never wanted Little Eve to end. Novela gótica y criminal con una muy buena ambientación, oscura y opresiva, que narra las vivencias y dinámicas de control de un culto -más bien secta- formado por un adulto y varios críos que al principio se me ha hecho liosa por la alternancia de tiempos y de narradoras, en este caso dos de las adolescentes. There are two other children, two women in their group living in poor conditions, ostracized by the public, at a mansion located in grey Isles of Altnaharra which seats in the black sea off the wildest coast of Scotland. But there are a lot of very slow parts that were a bit redundant, I even contemplated not finishing it a few times. As the clock ticks down to the horrific event we all know is coming—and have seen much of the fallout from—Ward ramps up the tension to an almost unbearable degree.

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A pesar del tema religioso que aborda no ahonda en detalles pesados o que no se entiendan, aunque sí tiene una gran parte onírica en forma de pesadillas y alucinaciones, solo nos muestra la forma que tienen ellos de ver e interpretar el mundo que les rodea. Dinah fights for her life, lying on the floor, one of her eyes is scratched and Eve is nowhere to be seen.Little Eve is the sort of book that will both surprise and shock you, as well as ask you—as Ward’s other novels do—to question your assumptions as a reader, from the expectations you have about what kind of story you’re reading, to what sort of storytellers you trust, whose voices you see as legitimate, and what kind of stereotypical twists you expect from a tale like this. arrives in America following the success of Ward’s other (excellent) recent efforts, The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial, not only allows U. Legend has it variously that King and Goffin discovered Eva's talent when they heard her singing around the house, or when her informal dancing inspired the duo to compose the Loco-motion. In particular, Evelyn's accounts of inexplicable visions make it difficult to entirely discount the possibility of some otherworldly influence.

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If you have enjoyed Ward's other books, if you like feeling uncomfortable while reading your horror, and if you like books about dark cults, I would definitely recommend picking up this book! The dance is long forgotten but Little Eva's record was one of the great pop hits of the early 1960s and it retains its power and potency to this day. Estamos ante una pequeña secta, formada en su mayor parte por niños a los que manipulan hasta límites insospechados. I went through a wide range of emotions-a thrilling morbid fascination, heartache, frustration, anger, and that burning in my chest that happens when I want justice for cruelty and there is cruelty (trigger warnings at the end which could be spoilers so read with caution).Even more disturbing, the right eyes of the victims have been gouged out, apparently as part of some occultist ritual.