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A review by kjkbooks
The Crying Child by Barbara Michaels
2.0
Thoughts: I struggled with this book but wanted to persevere as I had not read any books by this author (under either her own name Barbara Mertz or her pseudonyms of Barbara Michaels or Elizabeth Peters). With an impressive amount of published books I thought I’d like to try one and when this copy was available through my local charity bookcase I thought it would be perfect to try.
However, I struggled with continuity of when the book was supposed to be written as it felt very old, turn of the century maybe but then there were references to the Beatles no longer being new music and I was left confused as to when it’s supposed to be. There was nothing I could feel wrong with the plot or story though so I may just not be a fan of the writing style or this particular story.
Favourite Quote:
"It is very hard to reverse every rational conviction you have ever held, overnight."
However, I struggled with continuity of when the book was supposed to be written as it felt very old, turn of the century maybe but then there were references to the Beatles no longer being new music and I was left confused as to when it’s supposed to be. There was nothing I could feel wrong with the plot or story though so I may just not be a fan of the writing style or this particular story.
Favourite Quote:
"It is very hard to reverse every rational conviction you have ever held, overnight."