Review: Tristis Manor
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2013
Tristis Manor is a novella who's main character is Margaret, who lives in fear of her mother, who is verbally and physically abusive to her. A story that has Margaret hurting herself and embarassed because she is still wetting the bed at her age, ever since the 'incident', as she calls it. I figured out what the incident was early in the story and felt so bad for what she has to deal with and then when her mother has another child, I applauded Margaret for wanting to protect her little sister from the cruelty that is Margaret's every day life. There is a lot of story packed into 97 pages with an ending that I never saw coming but it was the right outcome I think. Physical, emotional and mental cruelty is never right but it seems to be more heartbreaking when it is a child that is abused in such a cruel and heartless manner. I applaud the author for writing about this topic in a sensitive way.I received a copy of this novella for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.