Things in Jars
Ratings23
Average rating3.6
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Ratings23
Average rating3.6
'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.
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There's a haunting and deep sense of place in the victorian London that Kidd dives into, and that is one of the main reasons I love this book so much. There's suspense and tension and a gotchic-Victorian feel (my personal favorite). Wonderful read.
The characters were great, unfortunately the plot wasn't as intriguing.
Oh, it had all the things I like and somehow I had to work to keep reading it. I can't tell if it's pandemic brain or the plotting being a little more meandering than I'm used to. How'm I supposed to feel about Gideon? Who hurt Eliza? Why didn't Dorcas kill him after what happened with Della? That thing with the ghost boxer??????????
Seemed so promising, seedy Victorian London setting, strange things in jars, an unconventional sleuth who sees and talks to a ghost who accompanies her, a strange child abducted. But it's all mood for too long. Not much has really happened by page 145 and I got bored. Boredom is the kiss of death.
