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After owning “The Thirteenth Tale” for some time, I flew through the 406 pages. Its effectively-threaded stories are enthralling, with a voice that draws us in! A prolific authoress concealed her identity and chose someone to record her truth. Circumstances that facilitated utter hiding are strange and deep-rooted. As much as readers surmise parts, we are surprised again and again. I worked out the most complicated trick and a familial tie. Still, Diana Setterfield surprises us.
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If you are into gothic romances, you will love this book. It has some good twists, but, my favorite part is when the doctor tells the heroine to read Sherlock Holmes.
Storytelling and books - their affect on us! Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale centers on books - how they affect the reader; the author and why she/he write on certain subjects; why storytelling is such a large part of life; how one’s personal life plays a major role in the choice of the books one decides to read; and why certain books become favorites. “The Thirteenth Tale “is a love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us.......”. I must admit there were times when I
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2021: I read my review before I started listening to it for the 2nd time & realized that I didn't remember much more than what I had written. So it was like a brand-new novel & some of it was familiar as it came along, but some of it I didn't remember at all. But it was really good & I loved it all over again. The two readers were very good.
2011: Loved this Gothic tale of mystery and secrets. I figured out some of the secrets before the end, but the core secret that underpins the entire story wa ...more
2011: Loved this Gothic tale of mystery and secrets. I figured out some of the secrets before the end, but the core secret that underpins the entire story wa ...more
Jul 30, 2011
Patricia Burroughs
rated it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
british-isles,
historical
This one is as gothic as they get, just in case the constant references to Jane Eyre aren't enough for you. Dark, compelling, twisted. If that sounds good to you, you should like this one.
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Mar 28, 2012
Michelle Stockard Miller
marked it as to-read
Jun 02, 2013
Karigan
marked it as to-read
Jan 30, 2016
Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*
marked it as wishlist-mystery
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A book that I've been wanting to read for years--I'm so pleased I finally managed to get a copy!
This was wonderful for the most part, just a few small quibbles* that stop me declaring it a favourite book. Still, I'll start with the (many) positives.
Sometimes with a book that has a story within a story, one of the tales is more interesting than the other - often by a wide margin. For me at least, that was not the case here. While the life story of Vida Winter is the more dramatic, dynamic one, I ...more
A book that I've been wanting to read for years--I'm so pleased I finally managed to get a copy!
This was wonderful for the most part, just a few small quibbles* that stop me declaring it a favourite book. Still, I'll start with the (many) positives.
Sometimes with a book that has a story within a story, one of the tales is more interesting than the other - often by a wide margin. For me at least, that was not the case here. While the life story of Vida Winter is the more dramatic, dynamic one, I ...more
