I started this read in the audio version. The opening setting is in 19th-Century France, and the descriptions of architecture, in particular, of the Palais Garnier, were exquisite. A few weeks later, I saw photographs which a friend took of the same theater, and the majestic description does the bui...
It kept me reading but didn't really impress. I suppose it's difficult to follow a success like Labyrinth (which I also found engaging but not impressive) and this rides solidly on it's coat tails. I am starting to really dislike novels that have parallel tracks of time and parallel stories happen...
I read Labyrinth on summer holiday years ago and really enjoyed it, but have only just gotten round to reading Mosse’s follow-up novel Sepulchre. Although advertised as a series, I will say now that there was nothing in this novel that will be confusing if you have not read Labyrinth, there’s a refe...
There are some books that you just cannot put down. There are others you keep putting down because you have a hard time getting into it and it's a bit slow. This is one of the latter. Usually, I like to read all of my books in one sitting. This one was easily put down to do other chores, etc. It's n...
The best fiction is such which makes the reader forget it is fiction. Kate Mosse’s writing certainly belongs to this category. Mosse does a thorough research on her subject and thus manages to combine the factual and the imaginary in an exquisite way which brings her settings and characters to life ...
I never expected to like Kate Mosse's series of historical-mysteries as much as I do; it's not usually my "thing." I really enjoyed this though, especially the sections devoted to the late 1800's. I know many readers have complained about the ratio of exposition to action, and yes it is a little inf...
The pacing was better throughout this book than it was in Labyrinth, and that kept the things interesting. I didn't have the same trouble relating with Meredith than I did with Alice, but that could be due to the flow of the text too. Despite the suspended belief moments that dissipated some of the ...
Thank goodness it's over. Léonie has to be one of the most irritating female characters I've read in a while: she wants to be considered an adult (being a 17-year-old girl in France in 1891) and yet consistently behaves like a child. When she is caught and (rightly) chided, she throws a tantrum wort...
This was a kind of unique reading experience for me. I really enjoyed Mosse's Labyrinth, and so I was looking forward to reading this book as well. I finally picked it up from the library and read it, but it didn't really live up to my expectations. I found that I was constantly comparing it to Laby...
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