The Somnambulist
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781409123316 (1409123316)
Publish date: May 26th 2011
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Even though I really disliked Elijah's Mermaid, mainly due to the utter ridiculousness of its plot, I was still amenable to trying The Somnambulist. It's Essie Fox's first novel and I've had the sample sitting on my Kindle since the book was first published; it's only because I came across it in the...
This is a fairly Gothic book, about a seventeen-year-old, Phoebe Turner (whose father's name is William Turner. Spot the reference.), who goes to work as a lady's companion to the wife of the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels, discovering some fairly unpleasant truths about her own family en route. The fi...
How to rate this book ... I really liked it but I might be biased because parts of the story hit close to home. And I know that's not a good thing if you've read this book but there are some things you grow fond of if only for the fact that it reminds you of something from the past.I randomly picked...
Qui la recensione completa: http://bookland89.blogspot.it/2012/03/buon-sabato-tutti-spero-che-lavostra.htmlCorteggiavo questo romanzo sin da quando è uscito a fine 2011 e devo dire che non ne sono rimasta affatto delusa. Vi anticipo che non racconta una storia originalissima, ma la protagonista, l'a...