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The House at Riverton
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Carla
Dec 07, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Este livro é simplesmente perfeito. Queixava-me de no último ano não me ter sentido arrebatada por livros, pois este fê-lo. É maravilhoso. Kate Morton já se tornou uma das minhas escritoras preferidas. E nem sei o que mais dizer deste livro, porque perfeito é a única palavra que me vem à cabeça.

A história deste livro é-nos contada por Grace, nonagenária a viver num lar, em Saffron, onde quase sempre viveu. Nessa pequena cidade existe uma casa de campo, Riverton, palco de uma morte há muitos anos
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Astrid Lim
3.5 stars! Not as mindblowing as her later masterpieces, like The Forgotten Garden or Distant Hours, because The House at Riverton is Kate Morton's debut. But still - it shows how promising she was as a historical fiction writer. True, her formula (when you have read some of her books) is pretty predictable, but each book still has something different and of course juicy secrets and interesting characters, and those are the things that always made her books likable.

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Carla
Sep 13, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, audiobook, 2023
Tratou-se de uma releitura. Já por aqui havia falado em como adorei este livro e como queria ouvir a versão audio. Finalmente o fiz, e não sei se terei gostado ainda mais. A narradora, no caso a atriz Emilia Fox que conheço da série "Silent Witness", faz um ótimo trabalho. Não só faz distintas vozes/entoações para as diferentes personagens, como a própria Grace tem uma voz mais cansada mas confiante, quando a narrativa se desenrola no presente, ou mais jovem e insegura, caso nos encontremos no p ...more
Mary
Sep 05, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: format-audio
Another great story told in two different time periods ... one of which is England around WWI and always a favorite. Morton did an excellent job with her research and the details ring true (well, as much as I can judge considering I wasn't there at the time). Kind of like Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie's Mysterious Affair at Styles. ...more
Crystal
Nov 15, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2013
You can tell this is Morton's first model. The writing is less captivating than her other books. While the story is a good one, it seems to drag at times. I have found myself bored from time to time, where I wasn't able to put her other books down.

The last 25% of the book read better than the first 75%, and I'm glad I finished it, but it definitely wasn't my favorite of her writing.
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Carly Thompson
British family saga covering the years from 1914 - 1924. Elderly Grace remembers her time working as a servant for Hartford family. Enjoyable with a lots of great period details but not very substantial. Some of the plot twists were hokey and the tragic revelation that Grace's story was building to wasn't that shocking. A good readalike for people who liked Downton Abbey or Rebecca. ...more
Mia
Apr 30, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2009-books
Not as good as Morton's second novel, The Forgotten Garden. It was too slow to reveal anything interesting. ...more
Kate
Jul 14, 2009 rated it really liked it
A little heavy handed on the foreshadowing (you could see both twists coming a mile and a half away), but a good "Fall of the British Aristocracy" novel in a vein similar to Brideshead Revisited or Atonement. ...more
Shannon
Apr 30, 2008 rated it it was ok
While I enjoyed the premise, setting and plot of this book, the writing just fell short. There were passages where I felt the author was trying to show off her vocabulary, not convey her meaning as simply and effectively as possible.

I thought the back and forth between 1999 and the early 1900s through the narrator's memories was interesting, but the writing held this back somewhat as well.
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Terri
Nov 07, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Mar 09, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Lisa
Aug 19, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Julie
Apr 18, 2011 marked it as own-to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Mary Beth
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