Kathleen's Diamonds

by Mrs Alex

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110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1891

Reviews

[Zynab · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kathleen's Diamonds is one of Mrs. McVeigh Miller's potboilers--a novel, that was, I think, quickly written for money, because much of it, particularly its first half, resembles her earlier novel The Bride of the Tomb. There is also quite a bit of verse, written both by others and herself, placed liberally to fill out the pages. However, I don't doubt that Mrs. Miller had a passion for poetry, as all the various sentimental verses struck me as very carefully sought out and chosen to heighten the emotion of different happenings in the novel. Despite roughly half of the plot being lifted from Bride of the Tomb, I found Kathleen's Diamonds very excitingly plotted and enjoyable in its own right and it gave me comfort during a particularly rough couple of days!

[Laura Bang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mrs. Miller continues to impress! The plot did go in circles a bit too long, but the ending provided quite the climax! And Mrs. Miller was really on her game with the awesome sentences in this one. So many favorites! I also love that Mrs. Miller was once again on the cutting edge of 19th-century science, this time with blood transfusion (first performed on a human in 1818, but still super-risky until the discovery of blood types in 1901). Mrs. Miller can still pull out the surprises even when the plot is entirely predictable.

[Demian Katz · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I first picked up Mrs. Miller's The Bride of the Tomb, I never really imagined that I would devote quite so much of my life to celebrating the mad genius of that work and its author. There's just nothing else quite like a Mrs. Miller novel: a perfect blend of straight-faced absurdity and illogic logic, peppered with just the right number of hilarious lines, shocking plot twists and startling atrocities against authorial restraint.

Kathleen's Diamonds is no exception. While the whole feels like a bit less than the sum of its parts this time around, there are still plenty of rewards for the patient reader. Sure, the story may drag for a chapter or two here and there, but Mrs. Miller comes through with enough convoluted developments to maintain her audience's engagement. While the overarching theme of woman's inhumanity to woman may occasionally suggest the more sedate form of story paper fiction, there's just enough murder, madness and mayhem to remind you that you are indeed reading Mrs. Miller. In any case, it's worth braving the rough patches just to reach the action-packed finale, in which two breathless paragraphs are almost guaranteed to make your jaw drop.

[LaurieAnn]

This book is a great experience! You need suspend the fact that you are reading it in 2016 as this gives a great insight to how books were written for financially advantage young women about 120 years ago. Just take a look at the name of the author - MRS! lol It has all the plot clichés that you could think of. I'm sure it's meant to be a romantic drama, but I found loads of humour.

[Amyem]

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[Petra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite predictable but loved the range of female characters and female agency.