loonyboi 's review for:

The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

2.0

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I like a bit of good historical fiction, and there are parts of this novel I enjoyed. But then it just douses it all in schmaltz. When I read the words, "she hadn't died in childbirth - she died of a broken heart" I was ready to throw this book in the trash where it belongs.

I'm sure some people will love this, but ugh. Not for me.