Review: A Sumptuous Victorian Gothic Tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
In Last Request, Chapman conjurs up an effective and engrossing gothic tale. Tight-laced Victorian society comes into contact with the decidedly macabre and sensational when a very strange last request is made in the will of Uncle Silas, and it's left up to our heroine Anna to see that the request is carried out. Everything unfolds a thoroughly satisfying way - although, inevitably, things do not go at all as Anna plans...The tale is told with Chapman's usual rich, evocative language. If your penchant is for gruelling, visceral horror, this might not be the tale for you. If the more gentle thrills of the gothic story is your thing, then you'll love this for sure.