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Jul 30, 2022PDBurt rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Not a great story, full of poverty & filth and I don't like the author's writing style; for instance, he keeps writing to the reader, next you'll meet so and so. I don't want to be reminded of the author repeatedly. I couldn't read more…
Sep 25, 2021
My favorite novel of all time. I have read it 3 times. The descriptions were so detailed and vivid I felt like I was there. The characters are sympathetic and repellent at the same time. I having been chasing novels of a similar type…
Dec 12, 2020Brontina66 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is definitely not appropriate for children and teens, I would say, because of some very descriptive sexual scenes, but it is a very enjoyable book. There are different stories that interconnect, so a general summary is not easy.…
Oct 08, 2018legadillo rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Spectacular! Really engrossing. Loved it. Hard on the wrists, though, 800+ pages of smallish type. The mini-series doesn't compare, though it's gorgeous.
Apr 19, 2017
Wish I'd owned the book so I could rip into pieces. My delicate wrists were aching with it's weight. Wish I'd owned it so I could highlight the beautiful examples of old world turn of phrase. Wish it hadn't been so long but I was sorry…
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Aug 29, 2016sylviascott rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
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Jul 27, 2015gendeg rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
From the very beginning, we’re warned by our mysterious tour guide-narrator that we need to leave our preconceptions behind: “You have not been here before. You may imagine, from other stories you’ve read, that you know it well, but those…
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Mar 06, 2015GVPL290661 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very close to the movie (2 DVD) version, lifelike and enthralling.
Feb 17, 2015lukasevansherman rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There are some sadly ignorant comments about this book. If you don't want to read a nearly 900 page book, then don't, but don't read it and then complain about the length. Faber is writing a Victorian novel from a 21st century perspective…
Apr 12, 2014SophieMontague rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I did get irritated with the length of it. I came to hate all the main characters. Where was the editor?? i stubbornly refused to relent and eventually reached the end. Of course it took so long to get there that no ending would have been…
Jan 23, 2014booksmaht rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic.
Oct 21, 2013llongpine rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a lengthy book but actually a fast read. Victorian setting with interesting characters and intruiging plot. I thought the ending was funny but I can see how it would make some readers upset.
Jul 10, 2011mg1regan rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The style used at the beginning of being a voyeur, looking over the shoulder of the character was interesting and involving but then disappeared. Once Sugar has met William this literary device seemed to cease and the story developed in a…
May 30, 2011RenGrrl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Scandal, intrigue and a glimpse into the seamier side of Victorian England. Enthralling.
Mar 31, 2011vwruleschick rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Oh my, this is one of the longest books I ever read. It was slow and took forever to get the story going... it paraded on slowly as well. Interesting ending, but hanging. Think the author could have told his story in like 450 pages,…
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Jun 29, 2010hippyheart rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This took me far, far away to a different place & time. Very absorbing.
Nov 08, 2007Cabby rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I liked the theme (selfish man and rich person totally ignorant and cruel to poor and prostitutes). No excuse for the length (830 pages). Henry's death never explained.