![]() We are told that she and Margaret are best friends, but their bond never manifests. We are told that she often feels awful enough to cut herself deeply, but those feelings never reach us. Mostly we are told things about her, but never shown enough to believe. She always appears too whiny, forever on the verge of tears, and her lack of action and her cowardice are enough to annoy and disappoint even the most patient reader. In fact, her personality is very difficult to pinpoint or describe. Prone to self-harm since she was a kid, she constantly fights the desire to hurt herself to the point of leaving scars.Īs a protagonist, Lucy inspires neither confidence nor affection. Lucy herself is struggling to come to terms with her aunt’s disappearance. ![]() The cook commits suicide, her cousin Margaret is talking to walls, and her aloof father lies about reporting her aunt missing to the authorities. When Lucy’s beloved aunt goes missing, strange things start happening in her house. It delivers all the things one expects from such a read – the deep atmosphere, the chilling moments, the compelling paranormal mystery – but it proves lacking in terms of substance, characterization or any real depth of emotion. The Women in the Walls is a mildly disappointing sophomore novel by Amy Lukavics, author of Daughters Unto Devils. ![]()
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