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A review by yeahkaren
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
4.0
500 dense pages made it kind of a slow read, but I enjoyed the story. Divided between modern-day and 1600s London.
As always, the 1600s portions were more interesting to me, although the modern-day elements--two researchers translating papers found hidden in the wall of an old house--provided a bit of mystery. At first we had to wait for them to learn what we already knew from the historical part of the story, but then they caught up and we got teasers about what might be coming for our 1600s characters, although we the readers couldn't understand yet how those things could possibly happen.
This was recommended for people who liked People of the Book (which I loved), and it's definitely a book in the same vein, but I liked PotB better.
As always, the 1600s portions were more interesting to me, although the modern-day elements--two researchers translating papers found hidden in the wall of an old house--provided a bit of mystery. At first we had to wait for them to learn what we already knew from the historical part of the story, but then they caught up and we got teasers about what might be coming for our 1600s characters, although we the readers couldn't understand yet how those things could possibly happen.
This was recommended for people who liked People of the Book (which I loved), and it's definitely a book in the same vein, but I liked PotB better.