The Animals at Lockwood Manor (Audiobook)

from Andy5185

What can I say about this book? I was lucky enough to receive the ARC and was very enthusiastic about it based on what the description read. I was expecting a ghost-y type gothic tale that would fill me with suspense, and perhaps also involve something going on with the animal exhibits (they come...

from Perednia

Atmospheric gothic tale of a female musuem curator sent to an English country estate as WWII looms to watch over the mammal collection of her institution. Who and what she encounters there are not what she expected. Healey shows grand potential for storytelling in her debut.

from alliepascal

At its core, "The Animals at Lockwood Manor" is a feminist and queer love story about a museum curator and an heiress. Its overarching theme is that of the hunter and the hunted, and it becomes apparent quickly that it's not only describing people and animals, but the way men treat women; somethi...

from nicx27

You know how sometimes a book just has a hook that appeals to you immediately? That is what happened to me with The Animals at Lockwood Manor. I was straightaway fascinated by the idea of stuffed animals being evacuated from a museum during World War II to what is, in my head at least, something ...

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I loved this the way I love a Sarah Waters novel. Gothic and tense and SO tightly written, it unfolded so precisely and beautifully. Perfection.