by Sheri Holman
There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to ...
I read almost all of it and then just lost interest. The narrative style kept me at a distance and I just didn't care about the characters. Some good historical detail; wish it had been in a nicer package.
Might have been OK with a better editor. The writing style is pretty pretentious, but the bigger issue is the weird continuity problems - there are a whole lot of scenes where the author seemed to forget whom exactly the narrator was supposed to be addressing, who the narrator *was*, or what the ch...
A very strong 3.5+ stars, which I’m rounding up to 4 because I enjoyed it more than other recent books I’ve given 3 stars to (damnit GR, give us ½ stars or more of them to play with!).The Dress Lodger takes place in 1831 in Sunderland, an industrializing seaport on the northeast coast of England, as...
Thanks to Dianah for telling me about this title! :)The ending was so great!! OMG This is a wonderful book.
This wasn't quite what I signed up for when I purchased it for the pretty cover, but it turned out to be one of my favorite contemporary historical fiction novels of all time. It's lurid and disturbing and one that has stuck with me for many years.
Would be fun to do a compare/contrast with this book and Slammerkin. The main character here, like S, is also a prostitute. Surprisingly good story. The historical details felt authentic.
I'm in between a 3 & 4, but I'll give it a 4 because I still remember this book 10 years after I read it. The life of a prostitute with a sick baby who becomes involved with a doctor, grave robbing, and an epidemic. There were moments of hope, but it was also pretty depressing. I felt so sorry for t...
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