Unraveling Isobel

by Eileen Cook

When seventeen-year-old Isobel's mother marries a man she just met and they move to his gothic mansion on an island, strange occurrences cause Isobel to fear that she is losing her sanity as her artist father did.

• ISBN10: 1442413271
• ISBN13: 9781442413276
• Publish Date: 3 January 2012
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Simon Pulse
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 290
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I normally take notes while I'm reading, so I don't forget things that I want to mention in my reviews, but I didn't for Unraveling Isobel. There just wasn't anything that grabbed my attention that I felt like discussing. I was pretty indifferent to Isobel herself. She was a little quirky, but not very interesting. Her mom was selfish, wholly dependent on her husband, and irritating. Dick, the new husband, was a creep but I was at least interested in what the heck he was up to. I also wondered about Nathaniel, Isobel's new stepbrother and love interest. He's a bit odd, and an outsider, but he had a sense of humor about it.

The mystery surrounding all of the deaths and disappearance that occurred around the house did keep me reading though. Was it the house itself or the strange family living there? Or is it all coincidence and Isboel has actually inherited her father's mental illness? Unfortunately, the answers aren't that satisfying and seem a bit incomplete.

There was one thing that really bothered me, even though it wasn't important at all. It's just that I noticed it, and then it continued to bug me:

"There wasn't even a dishwasher... (page 44)"
"Nathaniel pulled another pan out of the dishwasher... (page 78)"

Small inconsistency, but it was annoying. Overall, I liked Unraveling Isobel. It had creepy moments and funny moments, but nothing about it really stood out to me.

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