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abigaillaurawriter's review against another edition
3.0
Mixed feelings. I liked a lot of it and it kept me reading. Some of the choices fell flat for me though.
lucyb's review
3.0
Perhaps this deserves more than 3 stars. I'm faced with the difficult task of averaging the excellent prose with what I felt to be an underdeveloped plot, and characterization that didn't live up to its promise. The atmosphere was brilliantly evoked, simultaneously luxurious and claustrophobic, and I loved the pseudo-Victorian prose, both taut and ornate. It was a fascinating book, but I also found it a disappointing one.
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