Book of Madness Cures
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781848547452 (1848547455)
Publish date: October 1st 2012
Publisher: Hodder Ome
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Medical,
16th Century
This novel is about a woman's journey seeking to find the absentee father she idolized and realizing the truth about her father. It is Gabriella's journey into adulthood and letting go of childhood illusions.Character development and story development was rich but also slowed the pace of the story s...
I received this book through Goodreads first reads.Interesting premise, and I enjoyed reading about the different ailments and cures. The historical backdrop of this book was well developed, however the story was a bit dry.Emotions didn't seem to be portrayed very well, and the romance was lacking, ...
liked it! quirky and beautiful book. review soon...
Not too enthused about this one. Something about the prose style is just grinding on my nerves. Perhaps I'll have more luck reading it later.
Pretty disappointing read, actually. Interesting idea, but not well executed.
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