由– 牛油树
两个世纪前，在俄勒冈州的一个小镇上，三姐妹被怀疑是女巫而溺水身亡。 从那以后的每个夏天，他们都会从阴暗的深处出现，偷走心肠软弱的女孩的尸体，并利用她们将男孩引诱到他们将面临死亡的港口。 和大多数当地人一样，Penny Talbot 已经接受了小镇的命运，但今年，在姐妹们回归的前夕，一个名叫 Bo Carter 的男孩来到了这里，他没有意识到自己刚刚置身于危险之中。谣言和谎言很快传遍了整个小镇小镇，Penny 和 Bo 都确信对方掌握着秘密。 那些无法抗拒修女的人很快就会死去。
I really liked the setting of this book. I did struggle with picturing it in the way that the author intended though, but not because the writing was bad – it was actually really good – but I kept picturing it being set in the UK, maybe on one of the islands of Scotland, rather than the coast of US. However, I found it easier to picture it like this. This did not put me off the book though, and I did really enjoy the setting. I really didn’t understand why people just didn’t leave the town with all the drownings that happened every year and the supposed curse, or why they were ok with it. You’d think many people would’ve just thought “nah, screw this” and left. I was willing to oversee this though because I was really enjoying the book, even if it did seem a bit unrealistic. I did manage to guess the plot twist halfway through – the first time I have ever guessed correctly!! – but it didn’t happen in the way I expected it to. I thought it was 完成 really well, even if I did see it coming.
我喜欢书中的所有角色。佩妮是个讨人喜欢、坚强独立的女主角。她的母亲虽然戏份不多，却令人费解又着迷。佩妮的几个同学我实在不喜欢——尤其是其中一个——如果你读这本书，读过几章之后就会明白原因了。我讨厌他们到恨不得斯旺姐妹俩把他拖进海里。斯旺姐妹俩本身也很有意思，我很喜欢书中描写她们过往生活以及她们被判处死刑的原因的那些场景。
总而言之，这是一本不错的快读读物，我肯定会乐意阅读这位作者的其他作品。
