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Petite by Edward Carey

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threegoodrats's review against another edition

4.0

What a delightful book! I always enjoy unusual historical fiction and this one was so unique. The story is darkly comic and filled with fantastic illustrations, which I believe were also by the author. Apparently there's not a lot known about Madame Tussaud's life so Edward Carey took a lot of artistic liberty with her story and I am completely fine with that. It looks pretty long, but don't let that deter you - as I mentioned, there are a lot of illustrations, but it also has very short chapters and it just goes very quickly. Plus it's just so good you won't want to put it down for long.

otterlybookish's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

nelene's review

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adventurous dark funny

4.5

ml03's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

dori_e's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

thebarleygirl's review against another edition

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I knew better than to pick up historical fiction, which is absolutely not my genre, but it was a hand-me-down from a friend so I gave it a shot.
Also, Carey's writing style just isn't for me.