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A review by spinstah
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
4.0
The best part about having a totally random list of books to read is that sometimes when I pick one of them up, I have forgotten what the topic is and even why I added it to my list.
I really enjoyed this -- set in 1700s London, it follows the story of a family that moves to London from the countryside, and then back to the countryside. They take rooms next door to one William Blake, and their son (and a girl he meets in London) wind up befriending him. I love things like this where someone takes the time to learn about an actual historical figure, and the times in which he or she lived, and then takes that information and weaves a story around it. This story pulled me along quickly, and I thought was interesting -- Blake isn't the focus in the way you might expect - he's one of several wonderful characters who play a supporting role to the two kids mentioned above.
My one thing about this book is that there's a part of the ending that makes me skeptical, but without an indepth knowledge of the social norms of the English countryside at the time, I'm not focusing on it.
I really enjoyed this -- set in 1700s London, it follows the story of a family that moves to London from the countryside, and then back to the countryside. They take rooms next door to one William Blake, and their son (and a girl he meets in London) wind up befriending him. I love things like this where someone takes the time to learn about an actual historical figure, and the times in which he or she lived, and then takes that information and weaves a story around it. This story pulled me along quickly, and I thought was interesting -- Blake isn't the focus in the way you might expect - he's one of several wonderful characters who play a supporting role to the two kids mentioned above.
My one thing about this book is that there's a part of the ending that makes me skeptical, but without an indepth knowledge of the social norms of the English countryside at the time, I'm not focusing on it.