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Диана Сеттерфилдл - официально не мой автор (да, даже Тринадцатая сказка мне не понравилась). А эта - вообще скучища. Ну то есть, поначалу в повествовании хотя бы есть какой-то темп, но в темпе происходят ровно те события, которые описаны в аннотации. А потом всё становится страшно медленно и неинтересно. Персонажи никакие, интрига слабая. Еле дочитала, вот прям из принципа.
Author Diane Setterfield takes her readers back to 1887 when history was passed from generation to generation orally, neighbors all knew each other, and the local pub was the place where people gathered to share news and repeat the same stories over and over. It was a time before modern medicine and forensics.
Against that backdrop, the story begins at the Swan, an ancient inn operated by Joe Bliss and his wife, Margot, on the night of the solsti...read more
Against that backdrop, the story begins at the Swan, an ancient inn operated by Joe Bliss and his wife, Margot, on the night of the solsti...read more
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