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    Harrowgate

    Written by Kate Maruyama

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

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    About this audiobook

    Michael should be overjoyed by the birth of his son, but his wife, Sarah, won't let him touch the baby or allow anyone to visit.

    Greta, an intrusive, sinister doula has wormed her way into their lives, driving a wedge between Michael and his family. Every time he leaves the Harrowgate, he returns to find his beloved wife and baby altered. He feels his family slipping away, and as a malevolent force begins to creep in, Michael does what any new father would do-he fights to keep his family together.

    Kate Maruyama's debut novel, Harrowgate, is a chilling, richly detailed story of love, loss, and the haunted place that lies between.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 10, 2013
    ISBN9781480558113
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    • 4/5
      While he was away for work, Michael's wife Sarah had their baby, and when he comes home, that's all Michael can think about. But all is not well. Although Sarah never wanted a doula, there's this woman Greta who keeps turning up in the apartment and won't leave them alone. The psychiatrist who lives down the hall seems to be having an inappropriate relationship with one of his patients. Neighbors keep bringing over casseroles, and something is wrong with Sarah.This is a lovely ghost story about a particular kind of grief, full of excellent twists and turns. Although it's very tense and creepy at times, it's not really a horror novel, and the back cover copy does it an injustice.
    • 4/5
      An engaging postmodern Gothic novel full of strong, memorable characters.

      The story revolves around a young couple and their child, but features a strong supporting cast of characters. We get to meet the psychologist down the hall, the overbearing "doula", the needy mothers of Harrowgate (and elsewhere). We meet the oppressive in-laws with their overbearing social requirements. We meet the off-beat mother who is comfortable in her boots.

      All the components of Gothic literature reside in this modern, yet nostalgic novel.

      My only complaint is that we lose some of the beauty and lyricism in the closing chapters of the story. There is so much texture and feeling throughout the novel. But during the process of resolution, the release of tension, the poetic feel of the story fades a bit.



    • 2/5
      Although this book does dark and disturbing very well I really did not enjoy reading it. On the positive side Maruyama has a good handle on writing suspense and mystery. The plot and its various twists definitely have the potential for keeping the reader on the edge of their seats. If this plot was in the hands of another writer it could possibly be an amazing tale.The big issue however was that it was not written by someone else. I found the writing to be extremely clunky and heavy handed. Sentences have a very strange structure and I constantly found myself stopping and rereading a section to make sure I wasn’t misunderstanding what she was saying. This isn’t a problem of pacing or story-telling but rather of basic structure. I could never get into the story because of what felt like genuinely poor writing.The other big issue with this book is the ending. The buildup was well done and there were enough twists and turns for me to really want to know what was going to happen. And in the end there isn’t a real climax. Everything just sort of wraps up and the book ends leaving me as a reader wholly unsatisfied. There was a lot of care taken with the front half of the book and it almost feels like Maruyama just didn’t have it in her to give the same attention to the second half.