2019 A to Z Challenge - "O"
Color Coded Challenge - Black
Well, I definitely got caught up in the current of this book!! Not surprising as I do enjoy Ms. Setterfield's writing, having read The Thirteenth Tale twice and enjoyed it both times!
The story flows along, picking up new characters along the way until we get to into turbulent waters, where all the stories come together and you must keep rowing (a/k/a reading) to see if you will ever get into a calmer stream and discover the true tale.
This book had it all - villains, good guys, a little romance, some mysticism, kidnapping, and adorable, smart pigs.
Summary from Goodreads: A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child. Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic?
Or can it be explained by science? Replete with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age.
Quotes: "As a rule he kept acorns for pigs, apples for horses, marbles for small boys, and a flask of alcohol for older ones. For females of the human species he depended on good manners, the right words, and immaculate polished shoes and buttons."
"Death might be a necessity in farming, but suffering? Never."
"But some people went about in their armor every day and showed the blades of their swords to all. The whole world was the enemy."
"He knew his camera could not capture this - that some things were only truly seen by a human eye."
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