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dearemma's review against another edition
4.0
She is a bitch, but she is my bitch and I support her 100%
anneofgreenplaces's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Pacy Victorian quasi-thriller with shades of Bronte, Austen, and Wilkie Collins, and an interesting female lead. She was almost too good/bad to be true--a genuis manipulator--but had a certain level of nuance/humanity that rescued her from total femme fatale mastermind cliche (including class conflict and). The gradual revelation of her intentions and motives after the initial foreshadowing and the dramatic irony set up by the alternating perspectives kept me binge-reading, although I got a little wearied of the many intense looks and ephemeral moods and blushing/whitening cheeks, skillfully though they may have been written.
Pacy Victorian quasi-thriller with shades of Bronte, Austen, and Wilkie Collins, and an interesting female lead. She was almost too good/bad to be true--a genuis manipulator--but had a certain level of nuance/humanity that rescued her from total femme fatale mastermind cliche (including class conflict and
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actually winning at it, with the sense that although she wasn't really morally in the right, the duped aristocrats deserved it, and at the same time she still has some respect for the ones who treated her wellabbyilynch's review against another edition
3.0
this novella was soooooo slow at the beginning i had such a hard time getting through it, especially with the victorian eta writing style and the confusing names. but omg it turned into this almost thriller and it got SOOOOO GOOD at the end. the men in the story are complete creeps, but jean muir is an icon.
bethanymplanton's review against another edition
5.0
Originally published under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, this novella is one of LMA’s thrillers. Set in Victorian Britain, things are never as they appear. Can you really trust anyone?
taviamorgan's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
pretty boring until the very end but the end kinda makes it all worth it. jean muir is a great character and i loved seeing her manipulate everyone lol. solid book!
pretty boring until the very end but the end kinda makes it all worth it. jean muir is a great character and i loved seeing her manipulate everyone lol. solid book!
marybooks's review against another edition
5.0
En definitiva Louisa May Alcott es de mis autoras favoritas, solo voy a decir que soy fan de las protagonistas que son "villanas" pero que logran que uno como lector quiere que triunfen y que necesito más finales como el que acabo de leer.
jessica_sim0's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
magratajostiernos's review against another edition
4.0
Esta es sin duda mi historia corta preferida de las que he leído de May Alcott, al menos de las de Misterio/melodrama.
He sido muy muy muuuy fan de la "malvada" y manipuladora protagonista, que me recordó un montón a Lady Susan o en general a la novela "Mi prima Rachel" (aunque sin ese nivel de profundidad obviamente por ser una historia corta).
El caso es que lo he disfrutado un montón, una historia muy sencillita pero entretenidísima y con una protagonista genial
He sido muy muy muuuy fan de la "malvada" y manipuladora protagonista, que me recordó un montón a Lady Susan o en general a la novela "Mi prima Rachel" (aunque sin ese nivel de profundidad obviamente por ser una historia corta).
El caso es que lo he disfrutado un montón, una historia muy sencillita pero entretenidísima y con una protagonista genial