Things in Jars
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'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.
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There's a haunting and deep sense of place in the victorian London that Kidd dives into, and that is one of the main reasons I love this book so much. There's suspense and tension and a gotchic-Victorian feel (my personal favorite). Wonderful read.
Oh, it had all the things I like and somehow I had to work to keep reading it. I can't tell if it's pandemic brain or the plotting being a little more meandering than I'm used to. How'm I supposed to feel about Gideon? Who hurt Eliza? Why didn't Dorcas kill him after what happened with Della? That thing with the ghost boxer??????????
