the_freya's Reviews (216)

Anne Brontë: 'Amid the Brave and Strong'. The Life and Legacy of Anne Brontë

Ann Dinsdale, Charlotte Craig, Sarah Laycock, Emma Littlejohns

5.0

Added to the 1970 Booker Prize prompt as it won the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. See more information: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-lost-man-booker#:~:text=The%20Lost%20Man%20Booker%20Prize,of%20the%20year%20of%20publication.

The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Elizabeth Macneal, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Bridget Collins, Laura Purcell, Sara Collins, Natasha Pulley

A Net for Small Fishes

Lucy Jago

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

The only DNF of the year for me. The author tried be creative with the style of the book by having the characters interrupt the narrative randomly. However, what works for TV and films, does not work in a book. It did not add any thing and pulls the reader out the story.

The characters were really flat and had no depth. Once Sherlock Holmes was mentioned I read reviews from other readers. It appears that my issues with the book do not improve. This book is a wonderful idea for a story, and the author does demonstrate good writing with her descriptions. Unfortunately, it just was not for me.

My library advertised this book as being targeted at an adult audience. The 10% I read seemed to lean more towards a YA demographic.