tricky's review
2.0
I really wanted to like this book, I am a huge reader of Australian history and do not find it boring at all. This I found to be just not my cup of tea.
From the first telling of the woman whose family dies in the Luna Park Ghost Ride fire I struggled. Marx is trying to build a picture, create an empathetic link between the reader and the protagonist. Yet it failed for me because the writing was so melodramatic.
I pushed on and read them all and struggled with style. There are some interesting stories, many I knew and one or two were new.
Don't be put off by my issues with the book, read some of the other positive reviews and give it a go.
From the first telling of the woman whose family dies in the Luna Park Ghost Ride fire I struggled. Marx is trying to build a picture, create an empathetic link between the reader and the protagonist. Yet it failed for me because the writing was so melodramatic.
I pushed on and read them all and struggled with style. There are some interesting stories, many I knew and one or two were new.
Don't be put off by my issues with the book, read some of the other positive reviews and give it a go.
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