Evie Dunmore
Autore di Bringing Down the Duke
Serie
Opere di Evie Dunmore
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Germany
- Luogo di residenza
- Berlin, Germany
- Istruzione
- Oxford University
- Agente
- Kevan Lyon (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency)
- Breve biografia
- Evie Dunmore is the USA TODAY bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke. Her League of Extraordinary Women is inspired by her passion for romance, women pioneers, and all things Victorian.
In her civilian life, she is a consultant with a M.Sc. in Diplomacy from Oxford. Scotland and the great outdoors have a special place in her heart and she goes up to the Highlands whenever she can. Since she cannot take the mountains back with her, she just keeps adding to her already extensive collection of woolly tartan blankets. (Author Website)
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I didn't like this very much - the MCs did not fit well together and they basically disliked one another too much that I just could not believe their pairing. This was another histrom where I questioned if the FMC was coded Jewish?
This book was billed as historical fiction, so I was disappointed. It is more a romance that happens to be set in late 19th Century England, i.e. more of a beach read than a quality history novel. The novel is Ms. Dunsmore’s debut. She can weave a good tale, for sure, but the writing is a little awkward to me in places. For example, she frequently uses words other than “said” during dialog, apparently in an attempt to convey the tone of the voice, but those words sometimes miss the mark. For example, she follows a sentence or two with “she chirped.” I just don’t get how anyone “chirps” words. However, those were minor criticisms. Overall, a good first novel.… (altro)
Perfect romance.
She’s a common, feisty, poor, bluestocking (with a past!) who is fighting for the right to vote. He’s a handsome, stodgy, politically savvy Duke with a whole lot of family responsibility plus some special instructions from The Queen herself. Of course their paths cross and they have no business being together but……..
She has some great smarty-pants friends who I am sure will be the focus of future books in the series.
There’s plenty of sex in this but it feels more about the relationship and the people than about sex and that always wins points with me.… (altro)
She’s a common, feisty, poor, bluestocking (with a past!) who is fighting for the right to vote. He’s a handsome, stodgy, politically savvy Duke with a whole lot of family responsibility plus some special instructions from The Queen herself. Of course their paths cross and they have no business being together but……..
She has some great smarty-pants friends who I am sure will be the focus of future books in the series.
There’s plenty of sex in this but it feels more about the relationship and the people than about sex and that always wins points with me.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 2,415
- Popolarità
- #10,616
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 109
- ISBN
- 39
- Lingue
- 3
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- 1
It started out alright. I don't love extremely feminist characters in general since most are annoying, but I thought I'd give this a try since it is about women being able to vote (and it has an artist). I quickly ran into issues though.
Hattie REFUSES to take any accountability for her own actions. She is a perpetual victim and blames her decisions on someone else EVERY SINGLE TIME. As you can imagine, this got old fast.
There is so much inner monologue about politics and feminism. It was exhausting. 200 pages could have easily been edited out just by shortening the inner monologues. As a reader, I don't want to be beaten over the head with the message since the storyline always suffers.
What really bothered me though was when the author when full Karl Marx socialist. Suddenly, everything became about socialism and needed commentary. The characters spent multiple pages in many sections of the book explaining in detail why one must agree with it.
Also, the whole "a woman's salary should be double that of a man's" is BS. The author went on about this multiple times, justifying it with the fact that women do work in the house after work. I hate to break it to her but men do work at home as well. It just often looks a little different in traditional settings.
I forgot to mention earlier, but why in the world should we let people who attempt to murder others walk free in the streets?
Anywho, I won't ever be picking up another book by this author. It is my firm belief that when an author wants to present her beliefs, she should show and not tell. Alas, this book felt like listening to a 16-hour lecture.
(Yes, I realize that this review is more about the messages the author presented rather than the story, but the politics overtook the story for the majority of the book.)
1 Star… (altro)