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orlaithma 's review for:
Bitter Orange
by Claire Fuller
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller is absolutely beautifully written. As I was reading it I could imagine myself relaxing in the warm, humid, citrus-scented breezes of the summer of 1969. The descriptions of the manor house in which the story is set allowed me to see it vividly in my mind's eye, both in its pre-war splendour and in its later state of disrepair.
Sadly, beautiful writing alone wasn't enough for me to fall in love with this book.
I felt the story to be quite predictable and lacking in that something that would hook me in, that 'je ne sais quoi' if you will.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, but for me, it just didn't live up to its potential.
Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me a beautiful, free ARC.
Sadly, beautiful writing alone wasn't enough for me to fall in love with this book.
I felt the story to be quite predictable and lacking in that something that would hook me in, that 'je ne sais quoi' if you will.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, but for me, it just didn't live up to its potential.
Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me a beautiful, free ARC.