Penhallow - Finished

[desertvixen]

So I stayed up late to finish it and... yes.  That was something different.

Under a spoiler because I know I can't be the only one reading these for the first time with the new editions:

Did anyone else feel dissatisfied with the ending?  I know it's advertised as being her darkest work, but really?  Probably one of the better characters kills himself, and not even because he's the murderer - but because his father revealed that he was not who he thought he was, not a legitimate son, and not the heir to everything he had tried to hold together. 

 I can only hope that the widow (who actually did the deed) was headed for that nervous breakdown over guilt.  I was sort of expecting her son to come under suspicion, and for her to reveal herself to save him. 

DV

Comments

[filkferengi]

Definite agreement here. That's the one Heyer book I've only ever read just once.