by Katharine McMahon
I liked this story, it was a fast read, but somehow it missed being something special. It's the story of Emilie Seldon, who was raised during the time of Isaac Newton in the spirit of scientific inquiry, and, despite her sex, to be a natural philosopher--a scientist. But her father forgot to include...
I liked it...but I didn't LIKE it, like it. The characters were a bit to one dimensional to be really engaging, and the plot a bit predictable. That said, the way the author weaves the alchemy into both the surface story -- Emilie's activities, and into the psychological story -- Emilie's developmen...
The Alchemist's Daughter (by Katherine McMahon) is set in early eighteenth century, where Emilie Selden is an apprentice of her father John, a natural philosopher and alchemist. She herself is an experiment of his, her learning process, with all her successes and failures being documented in a noteb...
This was an interesting book to read. I am not sure about the ideas of alchemy, but the story itself was quite good. I had figured out part of the mystery early on, but the reveal was done well. It's a quick moving, easy read and certainly worth the time.
This book was a cross between literary fiction and bodice-ripper romance. Katharine McMahon seems to be sitting over the fence, not quite sure what kind of book she wanted to write. She put her heroine in a similar position - Emilie is not quite sure if she prefers to sit in the lab and peform physi...
4 for 3 uddevalleThere is an animated discussion somewhere here on Goodreads outlining the fact that familial titles lead to bad star ratings and a whole lot of zzzzzzz's...the 'somebody's wife'the 'third cousin twice removed of xxx'Let's see how this will pan out....In one of my earliest memories I...
I liked the period details of this story, but the character took so long to learn anything - and she's very dour. A young woman in the early 18th century is brought up in isolation by her father, a natural philosopher. She is vulnerable to the first men she meets which eventually leads to disappoi...
i hate to admit it, but i "sped" read this one...the alchemy details dragged me down, and i didn't like the characters...so i did something i rarely do, and hit the highlights. from what i could gather, it was a good story with a fair amount of secrets revealed but i didn't have the patience. mayb...
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