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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Very rarely does a Kate Quinn book fall short of 5 stars for me. I adore the absolutely tremendous amount of research that goes into every book, setting, character and trends of the day. I love the Easter Eggs that are sprinkled throughout her books and her writing in style of Forrest Gump, where the character meets real life events or is named from a real life persona. My personal favourite was the parts that I had heard of, The All American Girls Professional Baseball League!...'There's no crying in baseball!'
The Briar club was so jam packed full of character, heart and truth. Kate Quinn describes how the little segments of her book came to be at the end and I'm amazed how those seemingly obscure things got wrapped together and tied into this awesome book. The way that each character got to tell their story in their own chapter and the ending was the climax of so many stories at once. The recipes full of wit and humour along with oozes of tastiness and a sprinkling or ire. It broke up the parts with ease. I also thoroughly loved how the house was a character, bringing together the snippets of the ending before reverting back in time to cover the character's lives.
There isn't much that I didn't love about this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is up for some history, challenged viewpoints, and hearing from women from completely different walks of life.
Thanks to Netgalley, Kate Quinn and HarperCollins Publishers Australia, for allowing me a chance to read this title. All opinions expressed are my own.
The Briar club was so jam packed full of character, heart and truth. Kate Quinn describes how the little segments of her book came to be at the end and I'm amazed how those seemingly obscure things got wrapped together and tied into this awesome book. The way that each character got to tell their story in their own chapter and the ending was the climax of so many stories at once. The recipes full of wit and humour along with oozes of tastiness and a sprinkling or ire. It broke up the parts with ease. I also thoroughly loved how the house was a character, bringing together the snippets of the ending before reverting back in time to cover the character's lives.
There isn't much that I didn't love about this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is up for some history, challenged viewpoints, and hearing from women from completely different walks of life.
Thanks to Netgalley, Kate Quinn and HarperCollins Publishers Australia, for allowing me a chance to read this title. All opinions expressed are my own.