The Nature of Monsters
Format: kindle
ASIN: B002RI9AZO
Publish date: June 26th 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 399
Edition language: English
Book ring book for Bookcrossing.com . I had forgotten all about this one. Must read and send on before Apr 4.Set in the 1700’s. The book starts out with a woman fleeing from a devastating fire. Then it jumps ahead 50 or so years and we meet Eliza who is a young woman all worked up over a sexy yo...
My rating actually falls somewhere between 3 and 4 stars:Clare Clark manages to successfully evoke the claustrophobic world of 18th century London and its society in this novel, which explores the monsters in all of us and what they make us do. Clark's prose is highly polished and rich, and I could ...
This was spooky, gothic, a little FRANKENSTEIN-ish (is that a word?) and I liked the ending. If you like Jack the Ripper or Sweeney Todd era stuff, then this will be right up your alley, no pun intended. Haha
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