The Clockmaker's Daughter in Around the Year in 52 Books

Nov 26, 2018 Kathryn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 4-stars, reading-list-2018, australian-authors, aty-2018

This was a fairly long book, and I admit that the length daunted me for several months. Which is a shame really, because it is very readable, with some beautiful but concise descriptions. There is an element of the paranormal in this story, which is not normally something that draws me to books, but if there had to be something paranormal (and there kind of did, for the story), it was fairly well done in The Clockmaker's Daughter. There were a couple of bits that were more weird than I would hav ...more

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Oct 20, 2018 Marie (UK) rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-reading-challenge

I read an ARC of this book and am grateful to Netgally and the publishers for the chance to do so. From the outset you can tell it is a Kate Morton book, the writing is so symbolic of her style. There is so much in this book for readers to like. It is historical fiction, a ghost story and a mystery all at once. At the beginning it labours a little - like someone giving birth. However, what it gives birth to is at times magical, enthralling and something to catch the reader's breath. The characte ...more

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Nov 14, 2018 Laurie rated it liked it

So much potential. Great plot twists, but so many jumps between characters and sometimes the jumps aren't well delineated and are hard to follow. ...more

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