I'm going to need a long time to truly process this book I think, and I will probably find myself coming back to it again and again. Acquitted of a horrible crime six years ago, Constance Blackwood lives with her devoted younger sister Merricat and their uncle Julian in what was once the home. I feel as though nothing I could say would accurately describe the pure pain in this novel. This novel was so heartwrenching and tragic. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is filled with the desperate need of a child to hold on to a world she can cope with. I feel so much for Mary, this little girl who's had her world thrown upside down, who simply wants a better life - a moon to live on, where everything is okay - and doing every thing she can to get to that moon. The despair in this book was tangible it still weighs heavily in my heart, and I suspect it will continue to do so for long. In some parts it was incredibly hard for me to read - that dread of somebody snaking themselves into your life and turning those you love into somebody you do not know and trust anymore. there are so many layers to this book that I really did not expect. This fascinating story about Mary Katherine Blackwood and the surviving family members who live with her, quarantined by.
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