Slammerkin
Ratings8
Average rating3.8
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Ratings8
Average rating3.8
Exciting, riveting, historical period book about a young seamstress who through a series of misfortunes (to put it mildly) falls in with a
veteran prostitute struggling to survive in big bad London.
Reviews with the most likes.
It was an interesting story, but toward the middle of the book, the author changed the narrative voice by switching it from solely the protagonist's to the protagonist's plus like 10 other people's. It seemed like a really cheap way to expose the thoughts and motivations of the other characters in the story – the author just spelled it out, basically. I also thought the writing was a little subpar compared to that of Donahue's later novel, Room.
Men aren't cast in a good light in
Slammerkin; no good guys here. The
story had an authentic feel and
Donoghue tells a great story. I
recommend this one.
