This committed the worse sin for a book--it bored me. What's more, not in a this-is-a-slog dense, difficult read but possibly worth it way. More in a this-reads-like-a-trashy-book-but-nothing-is-happening way. The writing is sloppy in its point of view, with head-hopping within a narrative that isn'...
One of my favorite books of all time. I've read this novel many, many times and I still love it. Beautifully written...I cried more reading this book than I have with any other. There aren't enough words to explain how much I adore it.
Oh, how I hate this book!!! Oh, how it tore my heart to shreds time and again. Oh, how it made me laugh... but mostly, it made me scream and cry. And yet, I could not put it down!!! Yes, this book broke my heart, as no other has ever done.Summary: Barbara's father is a gambler, a drinker, and a trai...
I am so depressed after reading this. I don't think I have ever read anything more depressing. It seemed to be well researched, but my guess would be that the author chose only the unknown things that would shock people. Like a french princess who was so vile and filthy that she reeked. She burped l...
This is going to be the briefest, most cursory of reviews. Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen has sat on my bookshelf for at least ten years. I think I bought it (and its sequel) at a used book store for a buck each. It's long, it's historical romance... so I put it off. This year I deemed it on...
Each character is craftily composed and unique in voice and detail. The story rings with classic telling and is reminiscent and ambitiously echoes the possible influences of the Bronte sisters and Austen. I found myself emerged in the story and attached to the various characters. Koen does a beau...
“When I was a child I spake as a child. I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I become a man I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face”Through a Glass Darkly is the second in a three book series set in Georgian England. Barbara is the...
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