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tonyriver's review against another edition
4.0
Yet another Aiken delight.
Such an enjoyable but dark story. Yet again Aiken is able to write a riveting story with a clever, like-able and strong woman in its lead role. The support cast are all interesting, some infuriating. Great read and highly recommended.
Such an enjoyable but dark story. Yet again Aiken is able to write a riveting story with a clever, like-able and strong woman in its lead role. The support cast are all interesting, some infuriating. Great read and highly recommended.
jog2020's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
rena84's review against another edition
4.0
This was unexpectedly immersive, sometimes shocking, and wonderfully atmospheric. My first foray into Aiken for grownups, and it will not be my last.
mollyringle's review against another edition
4.0
Takes its time--I'd say it's more a leisurely-paced drama than "suspense," until the last couple dozen pages. But Aiken's writing is lovely and I enjoyed the Victorian England-and-Scotland setting, so I stuck with it and basically liked it. Though I did have to consult a Scots dictionary for some of the dialect!
santa_rosa_de_mitla's review against another edition
4.0
80% of this book was slow and confusing, and I thought I could tell what was about to happen .....then everything went up in flames in the last 20% of the book and I was just left to cope with my feels....so yeah.....Also I didn't like the love interest in the end. But this feels very classically Aiken, and I did enjoy it when it got exciting.
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