This is the kind of book that I should use quotes to make my point, but I read a print edition, and I am just far too lazy to go back and get my copy and find the quotes that I've marked. I really don't know what I was expecting when I picked up this novel. I chose it because of the stunning cover...
3.5starsWhen I started the book initially i had a feeling that this was going to be a definite 5 star read for me especially because this book was about books and I thought i might like Margaret Lea as a character . But then as the story progressed Vida Winter came into picture and I forgot about Ma...
I couldn't even remember why I'd put this book on hold at the library and I had pretty low expectations going into it. But wow, what a story. To her surprise, a young woman is asked to be the biographer of England's most famous novelist, Vida Winter. An author, who has never truly told the truth abo...
This is the perfect-stay-at-home-on-a-rainy-day-read. A beautifully written gothic tale set in modern day England is mesmerizing until the very end. The story starts off with Margaret who with her father is the owner of a antique bookstore. She is a novice biographer when she's asked by the famo...
Intriguing stories, interwoven in a beautiful way. Excellent characters. Some incredibly gorgeous settings, and beautiful writing. I loved this. My full review is here, on Hot Stuff for Cool People.
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield Paperback, 432 Pages Published 9th October 2007 by Washington Square Press ISBN 0743298039 (ISBN13: 9780743298032) Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale is a novel I would definitely pick up and reread. The story is of a famous author, with no "verifiable ...
The Thirteenth Tale was a book I picked up randomly from a library sale. I'm pretty sure I had it confused with Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede, whose Enchanted Forest Chronicles series I am a fan of. Regardless, I did read it and enjoyed it. It's a gothic mystery story about a woman, Margaret ...
Diane Setterfield is the Vida Winter to my Margaret Lea. Just as Miss Winter's books ensnared Margaret Lea, The Thirteenth Tale ensnared me, however I didn't have the luxury of doing nothing but reading this enthralling book. Unlike my counterpart, Miss Lea. When I did have time to read I found myse...
Overall, I quite liked this story—it has quite few vibes of Charlotte Brontë and V.C Andrews, since it deals with a fair share of family secrets, hidden relationships that shouldn't be, people who might or might not be dead... Knowing those authors, the books this novel alludes to, is definitely a p...
Every once in a while, one has the luck to stumble upon a truly gifted author. An author who can do it all: craft a spellbinding story that refuses to loosen its grip on the reader; conjure up a space-time continuum and transport the reader there; give birth to vivid, but nuanced characters that alm...
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