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bionicsarah 's review for:
Shrines of Gaiety
by Kate Atkinson
Having recently re looked at Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life after the fabulous BBC dramatisation ,I was delighted when my wish to read this book on NetGalley was granted
Kate is an author I am very familiar with ,I always find that her books are enjoyable and relatively straightforward reads .I find that she uses words I’m not always sure of their definitions and I was glad that I was reading on Kindle as I was so able to look any words up easily .Any author who expands my vocabulary gets my vote
The book was for me like reading an episode of Peaky Blinders set as it was at a similar stage on history and having at its heart a family of east end crooks in place of the Blinders Birmingham river gypsies .
The novel contrasts the experiences of a formally very law abiding right laced librarian with the complex more exotic family of crooks .
Kate writes believable characters who are so well described that you feel you could visualise them and setting much in the book in night clubs and at night adds an exotic steamy element to the book .
I didn’t love this book there is something prickly about it that I couldn’t explain fully but I appreciated a well crafted novel and I’m sure this book will sell well to her many fans
The book is published by Random house Uk Transworld Publishers on 27th September 2022 I was fortunate to read an early copy on NetGalley Uk
Kate is an author I am very familiar with ,I always find that her books are enjoyable and relatively straightforward reads .I find that she uses words I’m not always sure of their definitions and I was glad that I was reading on Kindle as I was so able to look any words up easily .Any author who expands my vocabulary gets my vote
The book was for me like reading an episode of Peaky Blinders set as it was at a similar stage on history and having at its heart a family of east end crooks in place of the Blinders Birmingham river gypsies .
The novel contrasts the experiences of a formally very law abiding right laced librarian with the complex more exotic family of crooks .
Kate writes believable characters who are so well described that you feel you could visualise them and setting much in the book in night clubs and at night adds an exotic steamy element to the book .
I didn’t love this book there is something prickly about it that I couldn’t explain fully but I appreciated a well crafted novel and I’m sure this book will sell well to her many fans
The book is published by Random house Uk Transworld Publishers on 27th September 2022 I was fortunate to read an early copy on NetGalley Uk