A review by msjoanna
Restoration by Rose Tremain

4.0

This was historical comedic fiction. The main character was surprisingly interesting and developed over the course of the book in a believable and lovable way from a shallow court onlooker to a more thoughtful adult. The historical setting was believable and detailed and made the book thoroughly enjoyable. Reading about the medical beliefs of the time was particularly interesting and I think the author did a fair job keeping with the beliefs appropriate for the setting (e.g., whether or not spontaneous generation was a valid theory). The reader for the audiobook tried a little too hard to create voices, which sometimes actually made the characters hard to understand or annoying to listen to rather than merely differentiated. Still, I'm glad to have read this one. It's my final audiobook of 2014!