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rusereviews's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
3.5
Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook is a historical fiction with adventure and mystery elements.
The audiobook is narrated by Genevieve Gaunt, and I think she did an amazing job.
The eponymous Maude receives the journal of her late sister: a girl who ran away and pretended to be a cabin boy on an arctic expedition. To avenge her death, Maude swears to get to the bottom of her "accident."
The atmosphere of the book was pretty great. We shift between multiple points of view, including Maude's and the sinister Edison Stowe. We also have several entries from the journal of Jack Aldridge, the alter ego Maude's sister Constance was using aboard the ship. I liked flipping between all of those perspectives throughout the book.
We get to see the darker sides of London, including tourism that popped up around the public hangings of murderers. Money lenders also make an appearance.
If you're looking for a dash of mystery or suspense in your historical fiction or if you're interested in learning a bit more about the Arctic, you may want to pick this one up!
CW: murder, firearms, multiple animal deaths
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to Simon Books for the complimentary hardcover copy and to Simon Audio and LibroFM for the audiobook. All opinions contained herein are my own.
The audiobook is narrated by Genevieve Gaunt, and I think she did an amazing job.
The eponymous Maude receives the journal of her late sister: a girl who ran away and pretended to be a cabin boy on an arctic expedition. To avenge her death, Maude swears to get to the bottom of her "accident."
The atmosphere of the book was pretty great. We shift between multiple points of view, including Maude's and the sinister Edison Stowe. We also have several entries from the journal of Jack Aldridge, the alter ego Maude's sister Constance was using aboard the ship. I liked flipping between all of those perspectives throughout the book.
We get to see the darker sides of London, including tourism that popped up around the public hangings of murderers. Money lenders also make an appearance.
If you're looking for a dash of mystery or suspense in your historical fiction or if you're interested in learning a bit more about the Arctic, you may want to pick this one up!
CW: murder, firearms, multiple animal deaths
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to Simon Books for the complimentary hardcover copy and to Simon Audio and LibroFM for the audiobook. All opinions contained herein are my own.
snowseau's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
hodgeonlucy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
highgarden's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
lauracaley's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rachelsolis's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
amywrites's review
3.0
I enjoyed the mystery in this novel, though sometimes the mysteriousness of it made it hard for me to care about/have interest in certain aspects (like the identity of Constance's lover).
I liked Constance's journal entries and really enjoyed Edison's POV - it was very dark and disturbed. But Maude's POV was a bit boring for me.
As someone who works in tourism, I loved the dark tourism aspect of the book.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada for an ARC!
I liked Constance's journal entries and really enjoyed Edison's POV - it was very dark and disturbed. But Maude's POV was a bit boring for me.
As someone who works in tourism, I loved the dark tourism aspect of the book.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada for an ARC!
danicivil's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5