Duwaar - , reviewed on 11/18/2008 + 8 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book centers around the murder and disappearances of children in an English village around 1170 during the reign of Henry II. Even thought the main character was wildly anachronistic as a female necrologist with very modern sensibilities, the story begins with great promise and weaves prejudice, superstition, the unchallenged control of the "church" and the duplicitous lives of its followers together in a wonderful way. But midway through, the story losses its way and devolves into a medieval romance novel. The characters become sadly predictable and resolution is VERY unsatisfying as a result.

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