Generation after generation, Ushers have succumbed to the desires of the House, to the crippling darkness of its desires. As the heir of the Usher line, she falls to the same fits, the same horrible curse that obstructs any hope of freedom.Being confined within the house – and confined by the House – is enough to drive the residents insane.
Except for the House and the doctors, quivering in their eagerness to study the Usher line and its macabre affliction.Now that Madeline’s older, she no longer sees the House as protective: she sees it as abusive, crippling, inherently malevolent. With her twin brother Roderick away at school – and her deceased parents fallen victims to the curse – she’s entirely alone. In Griffin’s version, a girl named Madeline lives in the house, sensitive to the personification and desires of its sentient nature. The Fall follows an Edgar Allan Poe tale called The Fall of the House of Usher. The Fall had some great moments, but the flaws outbalanced my admiration and left me disappointed. I normally try to avoid books I don’t think I’ll like, and more particularly, avoid reviewing them. I’m drawn towards retellings – particularly if they’re from a solid author I’ve enjoyed in the past – but The Fall was too scattered for me. Her only chance lies in destroying the house.In the end, can Madeline keep her own sanity and bring the house down? The Fall is a literary psychological thriller, reimagining Edgar Allan Poe’s classic The Fall of the House of Usher. Madeline’s life-revealed through short bursts of memory-has hinged around her desperate plan to escape, to save herself and her brother. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own. Until she woke up in a coffin.Ushers die young. Madeline Usher is doomed.She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. Novel: The Fall by Bethany Griffin | Goodreads Release Date: OctoPublisher: Greenwillow (HarperCollins) Format: Hardcover Source: Bought
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