Solsbury Hill is a novel about a woman, Eleanor, who is
content with her life in New York. She is dating a man, Miles, who she
has known since she was a child and her clothing line is just taking off.
Her life is shook-up, when she receives a phone call from England letting
her know that her Aunt is ill and wants to see her before she dies. I
wish I could write that I liked this book, but I would be lying. I wasn't
able to connect with any of the characters; they felt like outlines of people,
not whole individuals. That's not to say that the entire book was bad,
parts of it were really good. The pieces of the story just didn't gel
together. It is loosely based on Wuthering Heights, mainly on
having to decide between two men, and trying to not make the choice that you
will live to regret. I guess there are gothic elements in the book, an
old house on a moor, a dying relative that Eleanor never really knew, and
ghosts, but it didn't have the drive that most gothic novels have. I
never felt a real turmoil in regards to Eleanor's choice between two men.
I really did, however, enjoy the budding relationship Eleanor has while
Trent Hall. The idea behind this novel is an interesting one, but it just
wasn't the book for me.
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