A review by thenovelnikki
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.75

Books like this give me trust issues. About 40% in I was considering DNF’ing (which I never do)…but I persevered and about 60% in I had a moment of “omg I think I’m finally starting to see how she’s going to make it all come together. Cool! THIS is why I don’t DNF books. Ha! I’m right.” LOL nope. Should have gone with my gut. This wasn’t a terrible book, and the writing/setting is LOVELY. But that didn’t make up for that fact that it was messy…too many characters/I couldn’t connect with them, the plot was confusing, the nonlinear framework did NOT work, and the ending was a huge letdown.

Based on other reviews, I’ll probably give Kate Morton a second chance but I’m disappointed that this was my first experience.