Ruth B. (spartacusaby) - , reviewed on 4/26/2010 + 81 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

It's part mystery, mainly historical novel, and strangely compelling. Set in Victorian London, it brings to vivid and degrading life the lot of that era's urban poor. Yes, it is somewhat dark and rank, as are the lives of its characters. Personally, I found it horrifying that studying the history of that era had given me no real sense of what these people were forced to do and endure simply to survive. Not a cheering, lighthearted read for sure, but you somehow can't put it down....except at the dinner table, of course.

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