jennielangs 's review for:

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

3.0

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Compared to Morton’s other novels, The Clockmaker’s Daughter felt erratic. I stopped reading halfway through because she introduced a new character in a new time period every other chapter, and it was difficult to see how they all connected. One might chastise me for not reading to the end, but by the time I reached my current position in the book, there had been no progress on the mystery introduced in the first few chapters, just a barrage of new characters seen through the eyes of a ghost. Morton usually does an excellent job of connecting past and present, as her other novels all contain a present day protagonist trying to illuminate the life of a mysterious woman from the past. Comparatively, The Clockmaker’s Daughter feels like it’s still in draft stages. If you love Kate Morton, go ahead and read the novel, but know you’ll need to be in it for the long haul.