mazza57 's review for:

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
3.0

I read an ARC of this book and am grateful to Netgally and the publishers for the chance to do so. From the outset you can tell it is a Kate Morton book, the writing is so symbolic of her style. There is so much in this book for readers to like. It is historical fiction, a ghost story and a mystery all at once. At the beginning it labours a little - like someone giving birth. However, what it gives birth to is at times magical, enthralling and something to catch the reader's breath. The characterisation is excellent throughout. For me it drowns in the descriptive phrasing to the detriment of the narrative which just takes so long to get anywhere and just as you are starting to understand it the author takes you round another corner to yet another period in time. In truth I found the ending somewhat disappointing.