A review by drb_11
The Seamstress of New Orleans by Diane C. McPhail

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This book was VERY slow and the inner dialogue was repetitive. The plot was very predictable which made the book quite boring. I did like the hints of old New Orleans culture and wish that was explored more. 

We could figure out benton/howard was the same person early on. And the Black Hand subplot was not well developed, the threat never felt real no matter how much the author tried to convince us it was real. I thought Constance’s sickness at the end would’ve been poison from the Black Hand, but it wasn’t. It just felt like a weird afterthought.
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