//Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay//

 //Book Review//

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay[17chpts/884pgs]
#ReadHarder2024
-Read a book recommended by a librarian-

 Today (2024, August 21) I finished the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. It was recommended to me by a librarian at my local library. It starts off as a simple school picnic, but tragedy strikes and is dubbed the “College Mystery.”

  The story starts off with Mrs. Appleyard’s College for Young Ladies going to a picnic at Hanging Rock on Valentine’s Day. What was supposed to be a nice trip for the girls turned into a tragedy of great magnitude when three of the girls, who were generally of high-society went missing. Lots of rumors were spreading around after the disappearance of Miranda, Marion Quade, and Irma Leopold.
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  Something that I very much loved about this story is the college itself. It’s said to originally have been a castle and information on the original owner is lost to time. It just all around spooky at night and my favorite moment was when Sara was described as, “flitted restlessly from room to room like a little ghost.”
  I’d recommend this book to people who love gothic literature with dashes of dark academia- the college literary use to be an ominous castle! In spite of my enjoyment for the book, there were moments I had trouble following along and had to reread paragraphs, or there moments that felt like they were dragging. I still feel inclined to read this again at some point. I’m happy this is the novel my librarian recommended me. I’d give this story a 4/5 stars.