Heir to the Glimmering World (Paperback)

from apartmentcarpet

The premise of this story - an abandoned young woman working at the house of an unusual family with an even more unusual patron in the thirties - should make for a delightful book. But somehow, I just can't get into it. The characters are interesting on the surface, but the prose is so dry that i...

from missmaya

slow and thoughtful. A little too thoughtful for my taste.

from booksandbosox

I'm not really sure what to say. This book had been sitting on my shelf for a few years at least and I was excited to finally pick it up because it looked so cool. It was really disappointing. The writing was well-done but the narrative - there was something so strange about it and not in a good ...