The Cloisters

A Novel

De: Katy Hays

Narrado por: Emily Tremaine

In this “sinister, jaw-dropping” (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary) debut novel from the author of Saltwater, a circle of researchers uncovers a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters.

When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination.

Desperate to escape her painful past, Ann is happy to indulge the researchers’ more outlandish theories about the history of fortune telling. But what begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future. When the dangerous game of power, seduction, and ambition at The Cloisters turns deadly, Ann becomes locked in a race for answers as the line between the arcane and the modern blurs.

“A tour de force by an important new voice” (Rachel Kapelke-Dale, author of The Ballerinas), The Cloisters is a haunting and magical blend of genres that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Not a good choice

Extremely poor narration made this story lackluster and boring. Aspects of the plot came with no previous development and were unbelievable. The others in my book club who listened on Audible said the same thing about the narration.

Just OK

Did not love this book. Was not what I thought it would be. It was very well read and

Not as good as hoped

However, it did produce a wild ending. The writer is just not in control of the characters who are shallow, especially the steretoyped heroine. And there were wierd ‘continuity’ problems. Like a character is described as waving a champagne flute and two lineslater is swirliing olives on a toothpick in her drink. Peopke are suddenly sitting eksewhere. You’d think Simon & Schuster would have better editing. Narrator over enunciated crispky which ruined the Gothic atmosphere. On the other hand. if you ever suffered in grad school and have revenge fantasies, this is your book

The Cloisters

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and reading. It kept me wanting to read more. Several unexpected twists added to the plot.

Ehhh

Hard time following the story line. Then it’s all wrapped up at the end. Feel like I missed major plot lines.