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While I appreciated the author's atmospheric writing style the story itself didn't do much for me. Character development was particularly shallow and I found that I was never really able to care about the characters or believe in the purported depths of their relationships.
The literary allusions were also a bit heavy-handed, particularly those referencing The Secret Garden. When Frances Hodgson Burnett made a brief cameo appearance my suspension of disbelief finally fell by the way-side.
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The literary allusions were also a bit heavy-handed, particularly those referencing The Secret Garden. When Frances Hodgson Burnett made a brief cameo appearance my suspension of disbelief finally fell by the way-side.
There we ...more
3.5 stars. It seems derivative of similar novels. If I had never read a single thing by Philippa Gregory or Tracy Chevalier or that 13th Tale lady I probably would have thought this was the best book ever.
Didn't disappoint!
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Mar 31, 2010
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