Pros: Impeccable research so vivid that you'll swear Holman has access to a time machine Cons: An unlikable protagonist and a grim ending make it difficult to read at times
Turn the pages of The Dress Lodger and you’re turning the dial on a time machine. Destination: England, 1831.
Sheri Holman’s novel is one of those rare pieces of historical fiction which thrust you so completely into another...
Pros: Well Written, Good Story, Great Characters Cons: minor and few-Slightly Graphic
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman is a captivating and disturbing story about the life of a young prostitute during the Cholera epidemic of 1831. Gustine is a “dress lodger” a prostitute who rents a dress from her...
Pros: Richly detailed setting that's unafraid of squalor. Cons: Hokey fake-Dickensian omniscient narrator gimmick swiftly wears out its welcome.
Before we commence our book’s review, dear reader, we wish first to implore you not to think too harshly of our poor prose. For indeed, is not all of life a story writ large, on an epic scale? How, then, to distill these multitudinous experiences and...
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