Though in The Lingering we probably get more evidence of it than we did back then! It does feel isolated though, almost other-worldly, from the start as Jack and Ali pass through “the bleak but beautiful landscape” to find the house and are met by the sound of choral singing from the other residents. The setting of Rosalind House, a former asylum, is sufficiently isolated that it becomes the stuff of gossip and legend in the nearby village, and thus transforms itself into that “scary house” from my childhood the place that I’m sure lots of us know of, that either caused us to cross over the road when passing it, or heard stories about it being haunted. I knew it was going to be good not only because I’d heard so much about it on Twitter, but also because it’s published by Orenda - a sure sign of a terrific read if ever there was one. The problem with reviewing books is twofold: firstly it makes me spend too much money, but, more importantly, it means that some of the books that I really want to read get pushed out of the way by others The Lingering is such a book.
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