alannabarker 's review for:

Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon

3.0

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This book was not my style. I found the plot to be very slow, and difficult to get into. I also found it to be difficult to keep track of the characters at the beginning, and the timeline as well. I listened to this book as an audiobook though so that might have been part of the issue. I struggled with all the changes in perspective and found the addition of a dog as a narrator to be both odd and unnecessary. The topics discussed included abortion, sexual orientation, and women's rights issues, which were big in the 20's. These issues were relatively well handled. I did like that this book was set in Vancouver, a city I am familiar with, so all the familiar place names were nice to see.

I listened to an Audio version of this book, and the narrator was good, but I don't think this book is the best in audio format as it can be difficult to keep track of the timeline, and characters, especially a the beginning.

I received an advanced copy of this audiobook from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.