Punto de Lectura: Las Horas Distantes / The Distant Hours (Paperback)

from Quiltinfun06

Reading the Distant Hours by Kate Morton was like building a fire. First you bank the fireplace with dry, unappealing logs; then you add some lit kindling that will be the spark that will engage the logs into fire. Once the fire is going strong; it is warm, inviting, colorful and near impossible ...

from briandrewz

This book had all the makings of a great story. Three aging sisters reclusively living in a moldering castle in the English countryside. A story that had been written about a mysterious man rising out of the mud. A love story that is powerful and threatens to undo it all. The book is very beautif...

from Sararush

Kate Morton's The Distant Hours, a Gothic tale of buried family secrets, is very reminiscent of Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale. Very reminiscent. Right down to the eccentric twins, spooky castle, and literary plot agents. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as an evocative moody novel, ...

from Maggie_Rum

While this book starts to drag, just a bit, toward the end, the characters drag you in, and on, to the end. It is a mystery, but that isn't the center of the story. However, when you figure everything out, it helps to tie the wonder of the story with the questions you ask throughout. Delightful.

from Kasthu

Kate Morton is one of the few authors I'll buy in hardcover. I first heard about her through the Amazon Vine program, when The House at Riverton was offered, and I've been hooked ever since; I even bought The Forgotten Garden when it was out in the UK but not in the US. The Distant Hours takes pl...