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Loved it. I love witty conversations and dialogues. Love strange old houses. This book.contained them.all.. The humorous, though peppered with profanity interplay between Gideon and the Inspector was so.amusing, it may be my favourite dialogue of the year..The mystery itself was very strange, woo woo supernatural stuff of which I'm.sometimes not a fan, here it worked well. The atmosphere of the.book.called for it. A nice change of pace read.
The audio and the narration was fantastic. I would reco ...more
The audio and the narration was fantastic. I would reco ...more
3 stars
This novel was a bit Alice Hoffman-ish to me. A bit mystery, a bit mystical and a bit criminal. Gothic in nature with supernatural elements, all done up in Victorian London in the late 1800's. The main characters Gideon, Octavia and Inspector Cutter are well developed and a joy to read, along with Angi Tatton, the missing girl. As the story develops, everything swirls back to Strythe House - The House on Vesper Sands. ...more
This novel was a bit Alice Hoffman-ish to me. A bit mystery, a bit mystical and a bit criminal. Gothic in nature with supernatural elements, all done up in Victorian London in the late 1800's. The main characters Gideon, Octavia and Inspector Cutter are well developed and a joy to read, along with Angi Tatton, the missing girl. As the story develops, everything swirls back to Strythe House - The House on Vesper Sands. ...more
I bought this book because I enjoyed The Maker of Swans by the same author. This one is a good read also. It is very mysterious, gothic and Victorian, with a sense of humor in the interactions between Inspector Cutter and Gideon Bliss, his hapless assistant. All in all an enjoyable read. I wouldn’t want books like this as a complete diet, but a lot of fun on occasion.
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This was an enjoyable read. I liked the characters and the plot moved well. The reveal wasn't all that surprising to me, though.
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I liked this book. I did the audiobook version. It was a goodreads book club read and I probably would not have picked it up on my own. That being said, it was overall pretty good. 3.5 stars
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