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...
I'm both enjoyed and disliked this story. The aspects I liked:-Father/Daughter narratives-Eddie's story about the time Tucker came to the mountain-Wallace's story about her time with Jasper as well as her believability as a girl on the verge of young womanhoodThe aspects I did not like:-Contemporary...
I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this book. I know I liked Eddie, couldn't stand Wallis, felt sorry for Jasper, and was intrigued by Cora and Tucker. I guess the best I can say is, it wasn't bad but just not for me.
I liked much of it, but I'm really allergic to books that foreshadow, flash-forward and then back-fill. I get it as a story telling device, and I understand that people enjoy it, but it drives me bug shit.
Review forthcoming (maybe w/ pictures, if I can find a good one of Saint Catherine)._____________________________________I have now read Sheri Holman's entire oeuvre (as of June 2011) and can say that she remains one of my favorite authors. This, her first novel, is also my favorite among the four s...
Witches on the Road Tonight has proven to be as enjoyable a read as Holman’s earlier efforts (The Dress Lodger and The Mammoth Cheese), and I am looking forward to the day when I move up to #1 on my library’s hold list for her first novel, A Stolen Tongue.Holman’s novels, so far, have reminded me in...
Sheri Holman is becoming one of my favorite authors. The Mammoth Cheese wasn't as much fun to read as my first exposure to Holman - The Dress Lodger - but I still enjoyed it a lot, and Holman continues to create believably quirky characters and believably "mostly happy" endings. As I've mentioned in...
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...
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