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Betsy
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For some reason, Brooks' writing just doesn't grab me. I read Year of Wonders first and then heard such rave reviews about this one that even though I wasn't thrilled with Wonders, I wanted to give this a try. It was better than the other book, but still didn't love it.
I do give her high marks for the amount of research she does and I loved the history in this book. I also loved the order of this book, with Hanna finding something in the book and then going back in time to have it explained. I think that where she loses me is putting in some minor love story and sex into the book. I'm not a prude at all, but in both the books of hers I've read, it seemed like a completely unnecessary and distracting element when the book could have easily stood on its own without it, and in my opinion would have been better without it. ]]>