POLL BALLOT: The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton - 4 stars but at least one question!

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Book: The Luminaries
Team: Jade Dragons
Tag - West Virginia - Mining
Page tag is on (tags page): 2

Blurb: It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.

Review: I enjoyed this book as I learnt a lot about New Zealand's landscape and mining history. However I feel like I am left with more questions than answers, as I am unsure how all the mysteries tied up, and also who killed Carver near the end of the book.

[Amy]

This one has like 6 different poll ballot tally tags... And the library book is in the back of my car.