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Nov 14, 2007
Joanna
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This is the first Sarah Waters book that I've read, but it won't be my last. The atmosphere of the book is so grim and dark that I was glad I was reading it in the spring and not during the dark of winter. The book traces the story of Maragaret, a "Lady Visitor" at the Millbank women's prison in the late 1800s, and Selina Dawes, a medium imprisoned for a death that happpened at one of her "dark circles."
Though I had a sense of where the book was headed, I still found the plotting suspenseful and ...more
Though I had a sense of where the book was headed, I still found the plotting suspenseful and ...more

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Mar 12, 2010
Ines
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Mar 02, 2016
Claire Jefferies
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Jun 18, 2017
Nancy
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Oct 26, 2021
Maia
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