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A review by gandygeorgia
The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton
4.0
Found it so hard to rate this book as I really enjoyed it but there was just something that prevented that fifth star . Was delighted when I realised witchcraft played a massive part in this novel as I love anything about witches.
The sexism that the protagonist faces from her colleagues and the community gave a great insight to what females dealt with back in the 60’s too!
The writing was great, the only thing that let this book down for me was the fact the culprit of the murders was named on the very first page and then we was led to believe that over 200+ pages of the story was devoted to how they caught him. It took me a lot longer to get through the book because i didn’t feel like any tension or suspense could be built knowing who the murderer was already. Even though there was a twist, you don’t know that till you get to it.. so I wish the author wouldn’t of named Larry!
The sexism that the protagonist faces from her colleagues and the community gave a great insight to what females dealt with back in the 60’s too!
The writing was great, the only thing that let this book down for me was the fact the culprit of the murders was named on the very first page and then we was led to believe that over 200+ pages of the story was devoted to how they caught him. It took me a lot longer to get through the book because i didn’t feel like any tension or suspense could be built knowing who the murderer was already. Even though there was a twist, you don’t know that till you get to it.. so I wish the author wouldn’t of named Larry!