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Winchelsea by Alex Preston

1 review

thelaurasaurus's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

A bit of a mess. There was too much crammed in for a book of this length. While it's interesting to see some diversity which you wouldn't normally expect from a novel set in the 18th century, there are essentially two characters doing the heavy lifting to make this happen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Incest, Rape, Death, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Suicide, Death of parent, and Animal death