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The Doll Factory
by Elizabeth Macneal
How often do you start a book after reading its blurb? Normally I won't do that and that's how I ended up reading The Doll Factory.
I was looking for a light read to fix my mood and this book, which had spent quite a good deal of time in my tbr , caught my attention. I was deceived by the title and started reading it expecting a light read but the story is a journey from the base to the superlative of the dark.
Set in the 1850s the book encompasses a chilling thriller, an exploration into the life of a woman at that time and the state of art and artists at the period.
Iris Whittle is the daughter of a respectable family in London and she is working in a doll shop along with her twin sister. Although she aspired to be an artist she kept on living that boring life for the sake of her sister. Things won't stay the same forever and the way for escape came that too in the form of art. Louis took her to see the brightness of the world but they were unaware of the darkness that followed them. The darkness of Silas's obsession with Iris is strong enough to crumble all her dreams.
I forgot about reading a light book as I was pulled directly into the centre of the darkness. A lot of events happened in the story in a short amount of time. The plot is masterfully paced and I never felt that anything was neglected. The characters developed gradually that I got into sync with their thoughts after a few pages. The author had done a wonderful job while writing about the art pieces, even I failed to find it boring.
3.75
I was looking for a light read to fix my mood and this book, which had spent quite a good deal of time in my tbr , caught my attention. I was deceived by the title and started reading it expecting a light read but the story is a journey from the base to the superlative of the dark.
Set in the 1850s the book encompasses a chilling thriller, an exploration into the life of a woman at that time and the state of art and artists at the period.
Iris Whittle is the daughter of a respectable family in London and she is working in a doll shop along with her twin sister. Although she aspired to be an artist she kept on living that boring life for the sake of her sister. Things won't stay the same forever and the way for escape came that too in the form of art. Louis took her to see the brightness of the world but they were unaware of the darkness that followed them. The darkness of Silas's obsession with Iris is strong enough to crumble all her dreams.
I forgot about reading a light book as I was pulled directly into the centre of the darkness. A lot of events happened in the story in a short amount of time. The plot is masterfully paced and I never felt that anything was neglected. The characters developed gradually that I got into sync with their thoughts after a few pages. The author had done a wonderful job while writing about the art pieces, even I failed to find it boring.
3.75