Eynhallow
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Eynhallow
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Narrated by:
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Angela Ness
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By:
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Tim McGregor
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ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island paradise her husband promised it to be when they wed. Now with four young children, she struggles to provide for her family while her husband grows increasingly distant.
When a stranger comes ashore to rent an abandoned cottage, Agnes and the other islanders are abuzz with curiosity. Who is this wealthy foreigner and why on earth would he come to Eynhallow? Her curiosity is soon replaced with vexation when her husband hires her out as cook and washerwoman, leaving Agnes with no say in the matter. Agnes begrudgingly befriends this aristocrat-in-exile, a mercurial scientist who toils night and day on some secret pursuit. Despite herself, she’s drawn to his dark, brooding charm. And who is this Byronic stranger sweeping Agnes off her feet? His name is Frankenstein and he’s come to this remote isle to fulfill a monstrous obligation.
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- LR79
- 14-10-24
Wonderful Narrator to a spooky tale
Really enjoyed this story ! Agnes was a great character and I was saddened by her demise ! A great monstrous tale x
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- Rolo Tomasi
- 19-01-25
“I hear nothing, see nothing. A taste of salt. The cold.”
Definite gear-shift from the break-neck pacing of my previous read, but Tim McGregor’s “Eynhallow” is a slight in word-count, deep in themes, literary extension to the lore of Mary’s Shelley’s Frankenstein. Fear not, there are no rectangular heads and bolts through the neck here, instead, McGregor is far more interested in telling story from the point of view of our protagonist Agnes, penning such haunting prose that in just 178 pages you get to know her intimately as the gritty, powerhouse that she is.
The ‘action’ so to speak, takes its time but this slow build is what makes the final chapters of the story so harrowing. Harrowing is not hyperbole either. While this is in no way the transgressive thrills of Kristopher Triana or David Sodergren, Eynhallow touches on some pretty heavy subject matter. There’s a trigger warning at the end of the novel which you may want to check out before reading but they could potentially read as a spoiler… reader’s discretion obviously.
Like an 19th century classic but with the brevity and immediacy to satisfy modern sensibilities, Eynhallow is a genuinely moving novel, beautifully written, and effortlessly haunting. A triumph.
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- Highland Hedgewitch
- 22-01-25
Leaves me wanting more
I've read several of Tim's books, and he always leaves me wanting more. I have so many questions, I have become attached to so many characters, I need to know what happens next! The sign of a true storyteller I think, is that in a few short pages you become immersed in the world they create for you. So much so you wish to stay longer. Living in the Highlands, perhaps I should visit Eynhallow myself.
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