A review by kpro4
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

2.0

All of Kate Morton's previous books have been home runs so I was especially disappointed in this book. It was like a 1000 piece puzzle that took way to long to come together and the end result was lackluster.

There were SO MANY characters in this book that I found myself having to re-read entire chapters to discern who she was talking about. And some of the characters (cough, Elodie, cough) were so boring and added almost nothing to the book.

There were SO MANY time changes (even within chapters she'd jump decades and from one point of view to another) that, again, I'd find myself re-reading and trying to piece things together.

And the ending. The ending fell so flat.

Spoilers now:

Spoiler

Where did the bump on Lucy's head come from? And fine, let's say she was unsure of what she remembered about Lily and the necklace, but WHY did Lucy not tell Edward what she *thought* she remembered? She adored her brother so purposefully inflicting that pain on him seemed so out of character. How could she leave Lily in the stairs for 20 years??? And seriously, what was the point of Elodie and her superfluous wedding in this book? Just because she was the niece of the person that ended up having the Radcliffe Blue?