Name: The Taxidermist's Lover
ISBN: 9780744303810

Polly Hall

Caught up in a passionate love affair, Scarlett unravels her obsession with her lover's taxidermy. The delicate balance of loneliness and jealousy, entrapment and freedom that they so intimately share tips when her twin brother shows up.

The Taxidermist's Lover

Sarahi Flores

This weird and dark novel will make you cringe and make you feel very out of place after reading it lol.

First things first, wow. This is a very completely different type of horror I haven’t encountered. Gives me the Frankenstein type of vibes. Second thing is, WTH.

I found this novel disturbing when realizing what happened tot he main character Scarlett. She obviously loves this taxidermist and it’s very weird disturbing type of love. I think she loved him for the what he did for a living. Well he’s odd and so is she so that makes them the perfect couple lol.

The novel really goes on on how she explains his love for him and it kind of felt repetitive in my opinion. However, something was keeping me from continuing with this book. Something was haunting her and it wasn’t giving her any peace of mind.

Despite her obsessively talking her love for Henry, this book was good. It had some dark and creepy elements and of course it was kinda hard to envision such creatures. If you like weird and dark sh*t this book is it for you lol. I give it 4 out of 5 stars because it definitely creeped the heck out of me but not totally for me to give 5 lol 😂

Suzanne

I didn't know what to expect... it was a little bot of everything.
The protagonist, is married to a much older taxidermist. Upon her instructions, he invents new creatures by sticking elements of animals together (like a swan and a poodle).
The booky was spooky and it was interestingly written in a mix of diary and dialogue.
While some of it was truly beautiful and lyrically written, a lot of it was just rehashing. I guess that is what happens when a woman really only sees her beau. So much of this book is the polar opposite of my life, quiet, rural and complete devotion to one man.
The ending was unexpected and gruesome, though understable if you get into her frame of mind.
Parts of it I loved, parts of it dragged on. 
I am not going to google images to see if these monstrosities are actually made (though people are bored and do weird stuff, so likely, but I recommend you don't google them either).

This book was provided by NetGalley.

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