There would have been Tory neighbors but instead everyone’s universally happy about the new country. Only 1/3 of the people supported the war in 1776 and by 1783 50% did. Keep in mind that the country has just survived the Revolutionary War and is deep in a depression which would only get worse. Read at your risk.įirst, the huge disconnect between what the characters had and what they didn’t have. But it was the plot twist that has me actively mad about the story. In this one I got annoyed enough to look things up. Because she captures the flavor of the period well, I never looked up the details until a few showed up in The Lacemaker which were clearly wrong but which didn’t “kill” the book enjoyment for me. Overall, not only am I stopping reading this author (and other than this book there were only three of her books as of 2019 that I hadn’t read, most of which were highly rated) but I’m also not going to be recommending others I had liked in the past. And then the huge shocker was tawdry and out of the blue and the effects weren’t even gone into with the character. This was a mess of historical time travel and grave historical inaccuracy. Prior to this book I was recommending this author but I cannot. There are a lot of positive reviews out there if you like the book. The gripe list is so long on this one! If you’re not in the mood for a rant, folks, move along. One of the worst books I’ve read and the worst of this year.
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