The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

from Maydacat

This novel, like so many nowadays, is really two stories and vacillates from the present day story to one that takes place in the 1880s. The author does an excellent job of developing these story threads and then weaving together. Both sets of characters are interesting, but I think the storyline...

from kemilyh1988

Really great! I liked having more information during some of the characters and definitely thought the back and forth between time periods worked well in this novel. Yes it was a bit predictable, but it did have a few surprises thrown in to keep you guessing. Well done!

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Puget Sound is the setting of this novel and one of my favorite places. The story goes back and forth from the late 1800s to today. The historical parts of the book were more captivating. There's a lot going on with mystery, action, history, romance, and racism. Perfect for those wanting a quick ...

from booklovers2

Definitely a lesson in early northwestern territory and the bigotry towards the Chinese immigrants. I enjoyed the back story more than the present story. The present story was pretty predictable but I do give credit that the story blended well. Very horrific and sad to believe that these events o...

from kakadoo202

rather a bubble gum book. yes, certain things were deep and historical interesting, but the "modern" part of the story was just too smooth and predictable.