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320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781639731930
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 17 October 2023
Description
From the bestselling author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, ar...
Community Reviews Summary of 786 reviews
Moods
emotional 64%
mysterious 38%
sad 29%
informative 27%
hopeful 13%
challenging 12%
adventurous 11%
dark 9%
relaxing 8%
tense 8%
inspiring 6%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 46% | A mix: 46% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 12% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 39% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 75% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 9% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Infidelity, Colonisation, MurderModerate
Homophobia, Gun violence, RacismMinor
War, Rape, Death320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781639731930
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 17 October 2023
Description
From the bestselling author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, ar...
Community Reviews Summary of 786 reviews
Moods
emotional 64%
mysterious 38%
sad 29%
informative 27%
hopeful 13%
challenging 12%
adventurous 11%
dark 9%
relaxing 8%
tense 8%
inspiring 6%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 46% | A mix: 46% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 12% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 39% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 75% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 9% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Infidelity, Colonisation, MurderModerate
Homophobia, Gun violence, RacismMinor
War, Rape, Death