I love atmospheric, historical fiction that bridges past and present - and I should have loved this. There were a lot of pieces I did love, but it was too large a cast of characters, with too many coincidences and confusing transitions.
And I hate putting spoilers in reviews, so I won’t, but I’m just deeply unhappy with the solution to the mystery. I honestly wish there were some way to add a trigger warning of sorts. I just... no. I wish I’d seen it coming sooner, I wouldn’t have finished the book.
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simplyjennifer rated Wanderers: 5 stars
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
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simplyjennifer rated The Godwulf Manuscript: 5 stars
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker (Spenser, Bk. 1)
Penguin Crime Fiction
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simplyjennifer rated The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: 5 stars
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story you'll read …
simplyjennifer rated Beartown: 5 stars
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
I really liked it. My sister was surprised that I like Fredrik Backman because I can be snobby about art …
simplyjennifer rated A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: 5 stars
simplyjennifer rated Lethal White: 5 stars
Lethal White by J. K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith
"When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a …
simplyjennifer reviewed The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
Review of "The Clockmaker's Daughter" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
simplyjennifer rated Vengeful: 5 stars
Vengeful by V. E. Schwab
A superpowered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions--V.E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.
MAGNETO and …
simplyjennifer rated A drop of the hard stuff: 5 stars
A drop of the hard stuff by Lawrence Block (Matthew Scudder -- bk. 17)
Matt Scudder and Jack Ellery were at school together but never exactly friends. Twenty years later, when Scudder was a …
simplyjennifer rated All the Flowers Are Dying: 5 stars
All the Flowers Are Dying by Lawrence Block
In his sixteenth Matthew Scudder novel, All the Flowers Are Dying, New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block takes the …
simplyjennifer rated Hope to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries): 5 stars
Hope to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) by Lawrence Block (Matthew Scudder (18))
simplyjennifer rated Everybody Dies: 5 stars
Everybody Dies by Lawrence Block
Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life. Then all hell breaks loose. "A taut noir story ... one of …