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Wow!!!!! I absolutely loved this book..im so ashamed that it sat on my shelf for so many years. I absolutely loved the characters and there were so many twists and turns I didn't know what was coming next. It's a long one but so worth the time!!!! Amazing book. I can't wait to keep reading in the series.
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Even though I re-read this book in Greek my review will in English.
I love Jennifer Donnelly's writing. With this book I traveled back to time of the end of the 19th century. It is a captivating, engagin and heartfelt book. A historical fiction and at the same time it is a mystery plot. There is romance, action, murder, destruction, greed, ambition and even revenge. There are great characters in this story that you will not forget easily, especially Fiona Finnegan who is the central figure with g ...more
I love Jennifer Donnelly's writing. With this book I traveled back to time of the end of the 19th century. It is a captivating, engagin and heartfelt book. A historical fiction and at the same time it is a mystery plot. There is romance, action, murder, destruction, greed, ambition and even revenge. There are great characters in this story that you will not forget easily, especially Fiona Finnegan who is the central figure with g ...more
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East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spu ...more
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East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spu ...more
Dit boek laat je niet meer los, ik heb het boek in 2004 gelezen en ik wilde alleen maar lezen, lezen en lezen! Het verhaal gaat over Fiona, een zeer moedige vrouw die veel te verduren krijgt. Je leest het over het ontstaan van een vakbond en hoe het in het jaar 1888 in London er aan toe gaat. Het boek is romantisch, zit spanning in en is ontroerend. Echt een aanrader!
Fiona Finnigan works in a tea warehouse on the shores of the Thames in 1880s London. Jack the Ripper is terrorizing Whitechapel, but Fiona and her family have troubles of their own. This started out strong but ended with a whimper. The book just didn't live up to the opening chapter. I felt the ending was really contrived.
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