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A review by emmywritess
The Smuggler's Daughter by Kerry Barrett
3.0
The Smuggler’s Daughter is told from two perspectives. Emily moon in 1799 - a quirky young girl who witnessed her father been murdered, and Phoebe in 2019, a police detective suffering from guilt after a case went tragically wrong. When her best friend asks her to occupy her to Cornwall for her new job she reluctantly agrees, and when she gets there, she gets sucked into Emily Moon’s story.
I loved the two timelines. It was difficult to get my head around at first, but after a few alternating chapters from each major character, I recognised the differences and followed the story pretty easily. Both had their own storyline that held each perspective together - but it also flowed into one as we find out what happened to Emily Moon. I often thought about how alike the two characters were and how they’d have been good friends if they had lived in the same time period. I loved how the timelines fit side by side, how they each had certain elements in their stories that were similar.
I loved Emily. She was such an unique character. Labelled as ‘simple‘ by her town, when really she probably had autism. I loved how it showed how people viewed an autistic person in the past and how difficult it must have been to just be thought as stupid.
The only thing I disliked was sometimes the dialogue felt forced. I would also have liked the author to show me more rather than telling, but apart from that this book was a rollercoaster of a ride - addictive, exciting and pulled at my heartstrings.
I loved the two timelines. It was difficult to get my head around at first, but after a few alternating chapters from each major character, I recognised the differences and followed the story pretty easily. Both had their own storyline that held each perspective together - but it also flowed into one as we find out what happened to Emily Moon. I often thought about how alike the two characters were and how they’d have been good friends if they had lived in the same time period. I loved how the timelines fit side by side, how they each had certain elements in their stories that were similar.
I loved Emily. She was such an unique character. Labelled as ‘simple‘ by her town, when really she probably had autism. I loved how it showed how people viewed an autistic person in the past and how difficult it must have been to just be thought as stupid.
The only thing I disliked was sometimes the dialogue felt forced. I would also have liked the author to show me more rather than telling, but apart from that this book was a rollercoaster of a ride - addictive, exciting and pulled at my heartstrings.