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emmalf 's review for:
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
by Natasha Pulley
Every now and again a book turns up that appears to be everywhere in Goodreads and the blog world. In the past month or so, this was one such book. When I saw it come up on a special offer I thought sure lets give it a go.
Honestly I have no idea why this book has been so popular recently or is getting rated so highly. It started off interesting enough, though honestly from the beginning I never felt hooked. It went down hill from there. My impressions was the author had a somewhat good idea but then got lost half way through. It all became a bit farcical and unbelievable. Part of the problem may be that it seems to fall between two stools in terms of genre. Its not historical fiction (though seems to start out a such) and its not fantasy (though contains clear elements of such). However neither element is strong enough to carry the story.
Honestly I have no idea why this book has been so popular recently or is getting rated so highly. It started off interesting enough, though honestly from the beginning I never felt hooked. It went down hill from there. My impressions was the author had a somewhat good idea but then got lost half way through. It all became a bit farcical and unbelievable. Part of the problem may be that it seems to fall between two stools in terms of genre. Its not historical fiction (though seems to start out a such) and its not fantasy (though contains clear elements of such). However neither element is strong enough to carry the story.