221 reviews for:

The Vanished Days

Susanna Kearsley

3.89 AVERAGE

kujofish's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

bronwyn_bryan's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

suvata's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 Stars • This book delves into themes of love, secrecy, and the impact of history on personal lives, set against the backdrop of Scotland's rich historical landscape.

1707: Lily Aitken, a servant, falls in love with Adam Williamson amidst Scotland's political turmoil over the Union with England.

Present Day: A writer researches Lily's life, finding personal echoes in her own.

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rikkimm's review against another edition

4.0

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Kearsley is such a talented writer and all of her books in this series are so thoroughly researched and historically similar. She really knows her stuff. You may need to read up on the history of this time period to fully understand the gravity of what’s happening but it is not required to read this series.

Also, what about that twist? I literally didn’t see it coming at all.

readerrider's review against another edition

2.75

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Did not like the plot twist ending, was not believable.  Story was at times overly complicated.

annkunes's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rachelsnyder's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

magdalinegrace's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious

enniscath's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Definitely my least favourite of this series - I strongly preferred the much longer gap between the two storylines in each of the first two books. This just felt like a standard historical novel, which isn't really my thing. I would have rated it a little higher until I got to the last couple of chapters, where the twist ending annoyed me.

justleigha's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes