Help from any readers of The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill
Talk Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night
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1Ann_Louise
Help! I raced through this one in two days, so caught up in the atmosphere, setting and sense of menace! Then I got to the end. If any fellow readers of this book could help me on these points, I'll be very thankful. Mirror was worth reading, but these dangling plot threads were a disappointment.
- How was Sir James Monmouth related to the family at Kittiscar Hall? Were there any hints in the book I missed as to why he had no memory of his life before the age of 5, or why there were not traces of his birth?
- Why were the Vanes (or just Conrad Vane) obsessed with destroying the male Monmouths? And how was this accomplished?
- Was there more to the Guardian (always capitalized), and why was he never named?
- What was up with the Gypsy in the strange room, or the crying sound in the room that didn't exist at the school?
Not to sound like I want everything spoon-fed and/or explained in detail, but this made me appreciate how M.R. James will include (usually), something in his stories that gives you a sense of how everything ties together.
- How was Sir James Monmouth related to the family at Kittiscar Hall? Were there any hints in the book I missed as to why he had no memory of his life before the age of 5, or why there were not traces of his birth?
- Why were the Vanes (or just Conrad Vane) obsessed with destroying the male Monmouths? And how was this accomplished?
- Was there more to the Guardian (always capitalized), and why was he never named?
- What was up with the Gypsy in the strange room, or the crying sound in the room that didn't exist at the school?
Not to sound like I want everything spoon-fed and/or explained in detail, but this made me appreciate how M.R. James will include (usually), something in his stories that gives you a sense of how everything ties together.
