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Angela Carter

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Jan 06, 2009 Suvi rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, 1970-1999, cities_london, historical, _great-britain

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I can't say I liked it that much. The narrator did give us some funny moments but I personally couldn't get inside the characters as well as I would've wanted. Because the Chance sisters did seem really spicy and interesting girlies. ...more

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Feb 28, 2008 Agatha Donkar Lund rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 2008

I struggled to get into this, but ultimately, once I had, found the story and the style both so compelling that I'm definitely going to be checking out more of Carter's work. A strange little book, but a fascinating one. ...more

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Feb 26, 2018 Deedee marked it as to-read

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