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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
inte vad jag förväntade mig. Vet inte varför jag inte gillade, den är välskriven. Kanske lite många olika personers livsöden inklämda?
Oh, this house! At times I find Morton's writing enthralling, and at other times I find it grueling and slow. But the voices in the novel kept me moving. Ada was a favorite, with her constant proximity to death.
After reading The Secret Keeper I became a huge Kate Morton fan. When I saw she had a new book coming out I just had to get my hands on it. And as with The Secret Keeper, she does not disappoint in The Clockmaker's Daughter.
"People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories we tell to ourselves and to others."
Kate Morton is a beautiful, gifted and magical storyteller. She mixes romance, mystery and murder in an incredible historic setting that dances across decades to make a magnificent novel. She writes the story using multiple voices over multiple time frames, yet she ties them all together with a single thread that doesn't fully materialize until the end. (Which makes you not want to put the book down).
While the heart of this novel is a breath taking love story, all the additional elements she includes (a murder, a mystery, a huge cast of characters) makes this a profoundly moving and captivating novel to read. Kate Morton has one of the most beautiful prose of any author I've read. I just drank in this novel and walked away feeling I had an intimate connection with many of the characters. I am in awe at how she was able to weave their storylines so tightly together. It's brilliant!!!!!!
My thanks to Kate Morton, Atria Books and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
"People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories we tell to ourselves and to others."
Kate Morton is a beautiful, gifted and magical storyteller. She mixes romance, mystery and murder in an incredible historic setting that dances across decades to make a magnificent novel. She writes the story using multiple voices over multiple time frames, yet she ties them all together with a single thread that doesn't fully materialize until the end. (Which makes you not want to put the book down).
While the heart of this novel is a breath taking love story, all the additional elements she includes (a murder, a mystery, a huge cast of characters) makes this a profoundly moving and captivating novel to read. Kate Morton has one of the most beautiful prose of any author I've read. I just drank in this novel and walked away feeling I had an intimate connection with many of the characters. I am in awe at how she was able to weave their storylines so tightly together. It's brilliant!!!!!!
My thanks to Kate Morton, Atria Books and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I couldn’t get into the story. It traveled between too many POVs too quickly.
UPDATE:
This review can also be found at:
https://www.printedwordsand.com/2020/05/kate-morton-continues-to-prove-why-she.html
I honestly believe that a reading experience can be greatly affected by the mood you're in or intentions you have whilst reading, which is to say that sometimes it's not fair to judge a book if I am never in a great mood while reading it or didn't feel like reading but forced myself to. I say this because for the first third maybe, or even half of this read, I wasn't in a terrible reading slump and was not enjoying any of the things that usually made me happy. I felt like I needed to read because if I didn't I was letting myself down and because of this, it caused me to read The Clockmaker's Daughter begrudgingly and very slowly. At first I put this down to the plot not being able to grab my attention and the pacing slow. There was a lot of jumping to and from different time periods and the voices and tense would change, causing me to become frustrated in the inability to understand what I was reading. So I put it down, for a very long time.
To my surprise, I came back to The Clockmaker's Daughter after a few months and became completely enthralled. I was absolutely captivated by Morton's writing and the story that was unfolding in front of me. I couldn't believe I had doubted her storytelling ability, as there hasn't been one read from Morton I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. Whilst I plodded through the first half of the book, the second book I whizzed through before realising I had already reached the end. The characters began to jump out at me, with their voices drawing me in emotionally and compelling me to stay with them as each of them went through their own personal journeys, ultimately arriving at a somewhat destination, both literally and figuratively. I was also shocked at how much I still retained whilst I continued to read, which meant that even if I felt like I wasn't understanding, Morton still left quite an impression on me through her thorough and vivid writing.
In fact, the beauty about Kate Morton's books lies in her incredible storytelling. She is able to devise a complex plot, spanning across many years and generations, involving many characters (although not always known to each other) and be able to tie it all together at the end with a flourish. If you ever need a reason to read anything from Morton, it's the shocking endings she drops on you, with absolutely no warning. There is simply no way to deduce what is to come, unless you're a psychic. When I read the plot twist to The Clockmaker's Daughter I realised just how wrong I was in judging the book the way I had previously. It was an immense shock and I immediately put the book down because I didn't want to believe that was had happened in the past. However, as much as I didn't like the revelation, it was more because I found it to be too heartbreaking and was only hoping for a somewhat happier plot progression, not because of Morton's writing and plot. If anything the truth behind the mystery was a lot more impactful, serving to emphasise the importance of not being judgemental and how there are always two sides to a story. Also, that humans are complex. We are a bundle of emotions that can really drive our way of thinking and behaviours, and whilst we may not act in a certain way, the ability to empathise/sympathise would do us a lot better than we think. I also liked the exploration of staying true to one self, how strong our desires can be and that we may not always have control over the situation we're in but rather control on how we react to those situations.
Again, I can't believe I would doubt one of my favourite authors. Morton has managed, as always, to deliver a beautiful, thought-provoking and genius read that remains as memorable as her other reads.
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4.5 STARS*
Just when I thought this might be the one book I don't enjoy from Kate Morton, she came in with her plot twist, which slapped me straight in the face as a way of saying "how dare you doubt me". So yes, Kate Morton continues to reign as one of my favourite authors.
This review can also be found at:
https://www.printedwordsand.com/2020/05/kate-morton-continues-to-prove-why-she.html
I honestly believe that a reading experience can be greatly affected by the mood you're in or intentions you have whilst reading, which is to say that sometimes it's not fair to judge a book if I am never in a great mood while reading it or didn't feel like reading but forced myself to. I say this because for the first third maybe, or even half of this read, I wasn't in a terrible reading slump and was not enjoying any of the things that usually made me happy. I felt like I needed to read because if I didn't I was letting myself down and because of this, it caused me to read The Clockmaker's Daughter begrudgingly and very slowly. At first I put this down to the plot not being able to grab my attention and the pacing slow. There was a lot of jumping to and from different time periods and the voices and tense would change, causing me to become frustrated in the inability to understand what I was reading. So I put it down, for a very long time.
To my surprise, I came back to The Clockmaker's Daughter after a few months and became completely enthralled. I was absolutely captivated by Morton's writing and the story that was unfolding in front of me. I couldn't believe I had doubted her storytelling ability, as there hasn't been one read from Morton I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. Whilst I plodded through the first half of the book, the second book I whizzed through before realising I had already reached the end. The characters began to jump out at me, with their voices drawing me in emotionally and compelling me to stay with them as each of them went through their own personal journeys, ultimately arriving at a somewhat destination, both literally and figuratively. I was also shocked at how much I still retained whilst I continued to read, which meant that even if I felt like I wasn't understanding, Morton still left quite an impression on me through her thorough and vivid writing.
In fact, the beauty about Kate Morton's books lies in her incredible storytelling. She is able to devise a complex plot, spanning across many years and generations, involving many characters (although not always known to each other) and be able to tie it all together at the end with a flourish. If you ever need a reason to read anything from Morton, it's the shocking endings she drops on you, with absolutely no warning. There is simply no way to deduce what is to come, unless you're a psychic. When I read the plot twist to The Clockmaker's Daughter I realised just how wrong I was in judging the book the way I had previously. It was an immense shock and I immediately put the book down because I didn't want to believe that was had happened in the past. However, as much as I didn't like the revelation, it was more because I found it to be too heartbreaking and was only hoping for a somewhat happier plot progression, not because of Morton's writing and plot. If anything the truth behind the mystery was a lot more impactful, serving to emphasise the importance of not being judgemental and how there are always two sides to a story. Also, that humans are complex. We are a bundle of emotions that can really drive our way of thinking and behaviours, and whilst we may not act in a certain way, the ability to empathise/sympathise would do us a lot better than we think. I also liked the exploration of staying true to one self, how strong our desires can be and that we may not always have control over the situation we're in but rather control on how we react to those situations.
Again, I can't believe I would doubt one of my favourite authors. Morton has managed, as always, to deliver a beautiful, thought-provoking and genius read that remains as memorable as her other reads.
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4.5 STARS*
Just when I thought this might be the one book I don't enjoy from Kate Morton, she came in with her plot twist, which slapped me straight in the face as a way of saying "how dare you doubt me". So yes, Kate Morton continues to reign as one of my favourite authors.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
This book was sorely disappointing. I hated to admit it with my favorite author. But there were too many holes in the plot and I just couldn't buy in to the twist on this one. By the end there were several aspects of the plot and characters that Morton just didn't address, leaving me with many unanswerable questions. The result was a story without credibility. I'm surprised Kate didn't put more time into resolving those discrepancies. But I guess at least I know I don't just buy anything my favorite author puts out.
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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https://www.burtonbookreview.com/2018/09/the-clockmakers-daughter-by-kate-morton.html
https://www.burtonbookreview.com/2018/09/the-clockmakers-daughter-by-kate-morton.html
3.5 stars. I loved the overall plot and its twists. Even the change in POV. But it is sooooo wordy that it feels bogged down. I am not sure if I will read another by the author.