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The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

Start date: October 1, 2021

Finish date: October 31, 2021

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What Members Thought

Jul 05, 2021 Ami rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, chick-lit, historical, contemporary, audio-books, 18th-century, 21st-century, the-uk, mpov, 2021

One Sad Star. The cover is beautiful, super intriguing synopsis, everyone was raving and I waited months for it but the narrators were poorly chosen and it came incredibly close to being a DNF. I only completed it to answer a couple of questions that arose while reading a few reviews.

This should have been amazing, but everything is so improbable, outlandish, unrealistic and unimaginative that I'm tempted to mark this as science-fiction and alternate reality.

The contemporary main character is inc ...more

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Apr 07, 2021 Jennifer rated it really liked it

The cover to this book is so pretty!! This is a story of an Apothecary that serves women and provides poisons to kill off the men that have betrayed them. Nella's, the Apothecary, and Eliza's story takes place during the late 1700s. Caroline's, a wanna be historical investigator, takes place in current times in London on a lone getaway vacation. Caroline finds a vial labeled with a bear that looks to have belonged to an Apothecary. Caroline, who is facing life alternating decisions due to a ...more

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Jun 20, 2022 Marianne Stehr rated it liked it

This is a fast paced read, read it in just a few hours. It is not a literary dynamo, it is a cute little story, with a few flips and flops. To me the better story lies with Eliza and Nalla not Caroline and James, but I understand the motive to compare the eras and try to put some mystique to the story. I don't buy it, but that is why I gave it 3 stars. Just to me, not much substance, I felt like the bigger story was out there, but not told. ...more

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May 15, 2023 Jen rated it liked it

Entertaining, but of the dual storylines, the ‘modern’ tale is weak and uninteresting.

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Oct 29, 2022 Kara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, audible, book-club

I read this book for my book club... I am not sure I would have found this otherwise. I absolutely loved it! I loved the story. I loved the narration! I just loved everything about it.
I have no doubt it will be one of my favorite books of 2022!

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