{"id":21748,"date":"2023-03-21T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21748"},"modified":"2024-06-02T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:29:50","slug":"a-sinister-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21748","title":{"rendered":"A Sinister Revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Sinister Revenge<\/em> (2023) Deanna Raybourn<\/a> (Veronica Speedwell)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Set in Europe and Great Britain in 1889.<\/p>\n

Her eighth book opens with Veronica and Tiberius searching Bavaria for Stoker, who ran off after discovering Veronica had a husband–one who was apparently not dead as she thought he was.<\/p>\n

I feel like this was an excellent way to emphasize both how little Veronica trusts those around her–as well as how much she lies to herself.<\/p>\n

I was determined to be polite, no matter what the cost. I have already explained that I was in no way at all vexed with the complete and total lack of communication from him for the past half a year. Not in the slightest<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is good because I found Veronica’s consistent lying to herself to be a little wearing by this time–to the point that I sometimes found her a bit unlikable.<\/p>\n

However, even she she was being annoying, there were so many other marvelous quotes.<\/p>\n

\u201cA heart can be broken so badly that the body can no longer recover,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(I)n common with many British gentlemen, he was far more concerned with appearing to possess virtue than actually having it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And random bits that delighted me.<\/p>\n

I did not, as the clever reader will deduce, die<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Occasionally when we’re listening to an audiobook and an exciting bit comes, I’ll tell Michael in a very solemn voice, “S\/He doesn’t die at this time.” (a riff on The Princess Bride<\/em>).<\/p>\n

As far as the mystery, I wasn’t correct in who I thought was the original murderer, but that’s ok.<\/p>\n

One thing I found a bit annoying was the h\/t to Nelly Bly at the end. It wasn’t bad, and I suppose that if someone didn’t know who Nelly Bly was it would be interesting, but it felt a tiny bit shoe-horned in.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Berkley<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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