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booksnake386's review against another edition
The writing style felt too contrived and made the story less enjoyable
moominmama_11's review against another edition
4.0
This drew me in at once, although I found myself wanting to get back to Bath during the Borneo section. The book reminded me of the Essex serpent, I suppose in it’s independent women in a Victorian setting ting. Will definitely read more Rose Tremain tho.
dreadpiraterudis's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jen_smash's review
emotional
medium-paced
2.5
Katie McGrath does a great job for the audiobook. Like most who have reviewed the Borneo storyline was not my favorite. It seemed like it was going somewhere but for me I was literally rolling my eyes anytime we focused on it.
cowiealexandra's review against another edition
3.0
Absolutely only bought this because the audiobook is narrated by Katie McGrath. A nice story, if a bit too long, drags at times but overall enjoyable!
themermaddie's review against another edition
4.0
i finally get the regency appeal because this book made me feel like a gossiping housewife and i loved it. i thought the writing was lovely, the depiction of jane and her comphet was very accurate, julietta (while a bit irksome at first) grew on me eventually, william was such a wholesome dad, and i really liked the imagery of emeline's golem. stan ashton for clear skin. this was the (eventual) polyamory rep i wasn't expecting but loved anyway (sorta).
i picked this up bc i heard the audiobook was narrated by katie mcgrath (<3) who did not disappoint.
i took a star off bc i found the borneo story difficult to follow and thus much less engaging, and it felt very disjointed at times bc i didn't feel like the two stories intertwined enough to make it worth telling both in the same novel. julietta and jane were very insta love, which wasn't exactly jarring, i think i just would've liked a little more reason for them to have fallen in love than just julietta liking jane's height and jane liking julietta's beauty.
i also thought that Ross's personality switched up very abruptly and that it felt quite out of character. sure he was kind of annoying and pathetic beforehand but murderously violent? i thought the build up to it could've been done better.
i picked this up bc i heard the audiobook was narrated by katie mcgrath (<3) who did not disappoint.
i took a star off bc i found the borneo story difficult to follow and thus much less engaging, and it felt very disjointed at times bc i didn't feel like the two stories intertwined enough to make it worth telling both in the same novel. julietta and jane were very insta love, which wasn't exactly jarring, i think i just would've liked a little more reason for them to have fallen in love than just julietta liking jane's height and jane liking julietta's beauty.
i also thought that Ross's personality switched up very abruptly and that it felt quite out of character. sure he was kind of annoying and pathetic beforehand but murderously violent? i thought the build up to it could've been done better.
alyssarider's review against another edition
1.0
loml katie mcgrath does a great job but this book sucks