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Love this! Audiobook is very good.
I read this book some more than 10 years ago, and I remember that I loved it at the time. The multiple-narrators technique and the plot are both very intriguing. Collins is also quite a witty writer.
Looking over the text generally now, I feel like I might have missed something deeper that Collins would have been trying to say. I would give this book another try sometimes. I remember enjoying it very much and recommending it to friends who also enjoy it. As soon as I done with the other 1001 boo ...more
Looking over the text generally now, I feel like I might have missed something deeper that Collins would have been trying to say. I would give this book another try sometimes. I remember enjoying it very much and recommending it to friends who also enjoy it. As soon as I done with the other 1001 boo ...more
More like 3.5 stars. Overall it was an interesting novel, though there were times when it felt like the book was dragging, and I had to slug through it. I certainly found the main antagonist to be rather devious and certainly full of himself, but I also could see how he would have been easily perceived as charming by most of the individuals in the novel; I liked though how Marion was able to essentially see through him (even Laura instinctively understood his dual nature), and while being afraid
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It took me a little while to get into this book. But once I did, I found it very engaging. Some parts were predictable, but others were a surprise. It's very Victorian, with high suspense peppered throughout the book. It's easy to see why it's labeled a "sensation novel." I mostly listened to this on audiobook, switching back and forth between reading at times. I think the audiobook format helped get through the first fifth of the book. I would recommend.
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Although at times my interest waned, I can't but give this five stars. It was a very long book, yet I read it relatively quickly, carrying it with me every day. I will miss Marion, Walter and even the count! Laura was annoying. Was she meant to be? I was glad for the happy ending, it left me feeling satisfied with the book. After the journey undertaken with this saga of epic proportions a fade out would have felt like a rip off.
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This book needs to include more of Mr. Fairlie's narratives and a stronger male protagonist, and then I would have given it five stars. It also didn't help that I had to finish this book super quickly, so I probably missed some exciting parts while I speed read through it.
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