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serynI finished reading the e-book version of She Walks In Beauty by Siri Mitchell.
Strangely I find it incredibly difficult to form an opinion of this. It's an American-set historical novel set in like 1900 ish. It's about debutantes and balls and how marrying well is the only thing girls are good for.
But the main character actually has character. She's almost interesting. If you'd taken her out of the restrictive context, I'd even retract the almost.
The plot of the story didn't seem all that interesting. I didn't understand why she had to marry the top-shelf man when she loved someone else. Why would her new husband give her parents anything?
Anyway. I don't read a lot of historical novels. This one didn't suck because the protagonist was interesting. Most of the loose ends were tied up and I liked the ending.
But these historical novels... they're like horror stories. It's horrible and scary and abusive and people die for stupid reasons. I found it very difficult to enjoy the story. But I'm reading a horror-genre book, I can't complain when it's scary.
Strangely I find it incredibly difficult to form an opinion of this. It's an American-set historical novel set in like 1900 ish. It's about debutantes and balls and how marrying well is the only thing girls are good for.
But the main character actually has character. She's almost interesting. If you'd taken her out of the restrictive context, I'd even retract the almost.
The plot of the story didn't seem all that interesting. I didn't understand why she had to marry the top-shelf man when she loved someone else. Why would her new husband give her parents anything?
Anyway. I don't read a lot of historical novels. This one didn't suck because the protagonist was interesting. Most of the loose ends were tied up and I liked the ending.
But these historical novels... they're like horror stories. It's horrible and scary and abusive and people die for stupid reasons. I found it very difficult to enjoy the story. But I'm reading a horror-genre book, I can't complain when it's scary.
