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The Thirteenth Tale

Diane Setterfield

Start date: July 1, 2008

Finish date: July 31, 2008

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Dec 01, 2012 Mo rated it liked it

Shelves: brit-lit, 0-hard-copy, mystery, 0-dl, best-sellers, paranormal-fantasy, w-mcl, x-sbc-read, 2014, dual-timeline

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2 ½ stars bumped up to 3 stars

This novel was better in hindsight then it was while actually reading it.

While I appreciated the author making sense of MOST of the fantastical occurrences in the book, I still thought the book tedious in several parts. There were too many distasteful elements to the story for me to ever really get engaged. The ‘Endings’ section was the most interesting and enjoyable part of the book, but it was not enough to salvage the entire experience f ...more

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Dec 04, 2010 Laura-nassidesa Eschbaugh rated it it was amazing

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if you have access to an audio book, it is an excellant reading of the tale.

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Apr 10, 2020 Finn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-to-read-in-2016-2017, isolation-bookclub

Absolutely brilliant - one I have stayed up til midnight to finish... I believe I would have read it much quicker if isolation and the weird state of the world wasn't so distracting, but I'm really hoping it's fabulous plot and believable characters has got me back into reading!

I can't even begin to describe the twists and turns that occur in this story, and I wouldn't want to spoil it for any readers, but it is the sort of book I could see myself reading multiple times... large house, family m ...more

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