The Clockmaker's Daughter

Spoilers ahead:

I went from giving this book 2.5 stars in the middle to 3 stars at the end. Here's why.

It started off interesting. A story of an archivist (Elodie) who is engaged to be married, (seemingly having doubts) who tragically lost her mother when she was small, is consumed with trying to identify a mysterious woman from a photograph and her connection between two men from the past, and a house that she feels oddly attached to although she has never visited.

I love the story of a house with so many secrets; the truth is somewhere inside. And with this historical house, it is understandable why there would be so many characters who have lived or visited. However, it was hard to keep up with the multitude of characters, their connections to each other and the timeline. As I was reading, I was suddenly led on one different pathway after another, through a different point of view, through a slew of other different characters, that it became confusing, and on some occasions, very boring to read.

By the end, I started to understand the different timelines and connections, but it was already too late for me. I just wanted the book to be over.

I gave this book 3 stars.