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A review by livres_de_bloss
The Forgotten Room by Lauren Willig, Karen White, Beatriz Williams
3.0
3.5
While a bit tangled, predictable and melodramatic, it was still a fast and enjoyable read.
One thing that disappointed me was that this was deemed “historical”. It’s really not. While it states the dates during which each chapter takes place, there is literally NOTHING about any of these time periods (Victorian Era, post-WWI and WWII) that has anything to do with the major historical events that would have been happening at the time. Any of these storylines could have been set at any time or place and it wouldn’t have effected the story at all. Since I like historical books, especially Victorian/Edwardian/Post-War, I was a bit disappointed. This focused entirely on melodrama and not at all on the time period.
While a bit tangled, predictable and melodramatic, it was still a fast and enjoyable read.
One thing that disappointed me was that this was deemed “historical”. It’s really not. While it states the dates during which each chapter takes place, there is literally NOTHING about any of these time periods (Victorian Era, post-WWI and WWII) that has anything to do with the major historical events that would have been happening at the time. Any of these storylines could have been set at any time or place and it wouldn’t have effected the story at all. Since I like historical books, especially Victorian/Edwardian/Post-War, I was a bit disappointed. This focused entirely on melodrama and not at all on the time period.