A review by _mary
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert

2.0

It's a very interesting idea but it's not well executed. It's timeline is confusing, jumping from WWII France to turn of the century NYC without a transition. Clementine had to be in her seventies in order for the author to use both settings but I don't see a 70+ year old being able to do what Clem did in this book. It would have been better without the subplots and a more fleshed out main plot.

Edited to remove my comment on how the synopsis identified Clementine. A review labelled Clementine as a lesbian which I had mistaken for the synopsis. The synopsis states Clementine is a queer person.