nwiltse 's review for:

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

4.0

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I was hooked from start to finish! I was trying to put my finger on why it was such a thriller when most of the book was a flashback. I think it was that you had to read the flashbacks to keep the current (suspenseful) plot moving. Genius, and the flashbacks were the interesting parts for me. It also made me wonder if all settings are described as thoroughly as the U.P. was here. Helena called it 'the Upper Peninsula of Michigan' so many times- why not just once and then call it the U.P.? She seemed to explain rural life to the reader as if it was so exotic/rare/foreign that it needed subtitles! :) It was really fun to read a book set in the U.P. though!