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Book Review of The Distant Hours

The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours
Author: Kate Morton
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


I do like Morton's ability to combine a Gothic flavor with a a heroine possessing fairly modern sensibilities, though they don't coexist plausibly all the time.

The prose had real flair much of the time, but I have to agree with Cathy C. about the undue length of the book (and Morton's book's generally) - that tells you I'd like to see more discipline in the writing as well as style. And the secrets ARE telegraphed a bit.