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Read in February, 2008
This was a Group Book Read over on goodreads, and I ordered it from a dealer on Amazon on Jan. 16. Plenty of time to read it the first of February, I thought. But it took until Feb. 13 to get here, so I am behind. This is a mystery set in the 1700's, wrapped around the historical person of Thomas Chippendale, the famous furniture maker from London. It is written in fairly uneven first person, Hopson veering from brilliant deductions to cowardly churlishness.
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Read in January, 2008
Reminds me a bit of Quicksilver & The Last Witchfinder so far... (which is a good thing!)
Spent most of this afternoon engrossed in the story - only tearing myself away for a prior committment. Some of the twists are foreshadowed pretty clearly - others not so... and I'm still not sure if Nathaniel is just a bit dim, or if things really aren't as they seem.
SDMB Goodreads Book Club - Jan 2008
Spent most of this afternoon engrossed in the story - only tearing myself away for a prior committment. Some of the twists are foreshadowed pretty clearly - others not so... and I'm still not sure if Nathaniel is just a bit dim, or if things really aren't as they seem.
SDMB Goodreads Book Club - Jan 2008
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It started out horribly, had a nice, atmospheric middle, and completely dissolved into cliched, blathering madness at the end.
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Read in January, 2008
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