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jclare2 's review for:
Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
I enjoyed this audiobook far more than I expected to. Juliet Stevenson’s narration is outstanding, and I suspect that really helped. She made the cast of so many characters clearly distinct in accent and vocal characterization; it gave them life.
But the novel also won me over more than I anticipated. The three women were interesting in their own ways. (Evie little less so for me. Vivian the most - I connected with her rage. Shocking, I know.) The male characters were also richly drawn, rather than caricatures of institutional sexism. And it was gentle, heartwarming. Sometimes you just need a truly happy ending that still feels earned by the book that came before.
I listened to this right on the heels of Whalebone Theater, deciding to just keep moving chronologically through British history.
And apparently this is second in a series/trilogy. But you absolutely don’t need to have read the first. Evie and her plot were the connective thread from that book, along with some cameo characters. But you didn’t need it.
But the novel also won me over more than I anticipated. The three women were interesting in their own ways. (Evie little less so for me. Vivian the most - I connected with her rage. Shocking, I know.) The male characters were also richly drawn, rather than caricatures of institutional sexism. And it was gentle, heartwarming. Sometimes you just need a truly happy ending that still feels earned by the book that came before.
I listened to this right on the heels of Whalebone Theater, deciding to just keep moving chronologically through British history.
And apparently this is second in a series/trilogy. But you absolutely don’t need to have read the first. Evie and her plot were the connective thread from that book, along with some cameo characters. But you didn’t need it.