by Cherie Priest
Series: Borden Dispatches #1 The concept for this book sounded interesting, at least the way I read it: Lizzie Borden murdered her parents in a kind of self-defence because they had been infected by a strange affliction. It was disappointing, however. Mainly because it tried a faux-epistolary form...
Shout out to the other bingo player who mentioned this book. This is pretty good. It is actually a cut above some of Priest's other work, not that Priest's other work is bad. It isn't. But this is better than the later Clockwork Century books. The novel concerns what "really" happened during ...
What did I just read? I sort of liked this book. I love historical fiction & the setting of this one, 1890's Massachusetts, was pleasing. I enjoyed the epistolary format as well, with the different voices of the various characters. But, on the other hand, I don't really get it. Maybe because I'v...
Let me start with what I liked about this book. The cover was what drew me the moment I saw. Then to see it is in fact a book about Lizzie Borden, but after the murder of her father and step mother. Now the book had my full attention. I even enjoyed the way this book was written: letters and journ...
Sometimes, it's hard to get past a book's style to really address the central question of is it good or not. Such is it with this book. When it says "The Borden Dispatches" it means literally that - a series of letters, reports, diary entries and missives from a variety of different characters telli...
1.5 stars
The author summarized this book as, "Lizzie Borden fighting Cthulhu with an axe." Do I seriously need to add more? What a fun read. Priest uses history as a jumping off point for her story, rather than a strict framework. Some people and events are real, but outcomes are rather different for at le...
(Description nicked from B&N.com.) “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.... The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and ...
Lizzie Borden and her older, disabled sister Emma live in Fall River, Massachusetts. A few years back, they went through trying times when their parents died in an unexpected and rather gruesome manner. Despite the trial and a verdict of innocent, Lizzie is still treated with suspicion by the townsf...
Lizzie Borden as the MC?! YESSSSS!!!! i want all of these things! Plus that cover is gorgeous! i love it.
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