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joy761's review
1.0
The Cockney dialect in this book was unbearable. It made reading the dialogue tedious and almost impossible. There wasn’t any real story to speak of and it wasn’t a Christmas book at all.
Definitely skip this one.
Definitely skip this one.
leighannsherwin's review against another edition
5.0
This was a fun cozy Christmas book to read. Short and sweet and touching. A story of an unlikely friendship formed between two young girls who might've never met if it weren't for a mysterious death and a lost but beloved donkey. The story is well written makes you feel like you were there right at street level, freezing cold, although being in the middle of a Canadian winter it's not hard to imagine such cold. I didn't know the Gracie in the book was Gracie the main from the Pitt stories. I haven't read all of those but Gracie has made her appearance in the most recent one I read and now I'm happy that I read some background in her life.
laurenpierce's review
2.0
If you like your Victorian Christmas mystery novel to involve innocent children, a donkey, opium, and a prostitution den, then this book is for you!
This is most likely is both the first and last Anne Perry book I’ll read.
This is most likely is both the first and last Anne Perry book I’ll read.
adubrow's review
4.0
A very good if obvious Christmas mystery about two girls, a donkey, a mysterious man named Balthazar, and a strange golden casket.
I listened to the audio book performed by Terrence Hardiman, and I would highly recommend it if you're in a Victorian Christmas sort of mood.
I listened to the audio book performed by Terrence Hardiman, and I would highly recommend it if you're in a Victorian Christmas sort of mood.
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