We will continue to share these throughout the year. This reader review was submitted as part of Adult Summer Reading 2022. You might want to pick this book up if: You are a fan of the Bronte sisters, fairy tales, and love books about other people who love books. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves. It unleashed great tidings of comfort-watching and spooky joy. Three words that describe this book: Gothic, spellbinding, twisty I listened to the audiobook and was absorbed. It’s a twisty literary mystery with just the right amount of darkness. This book has echoes of “ Jane Eyre,” “ Wuthering Heights,” and other gothic classics. Both harbor secrets and the tale Winter spins involves twins, a falling-down estate, a governess, violence, a fire, orphans, gardens and gates - all of the makings of a fairy tale. She is summoned by Britain’s most famous writer, Vida Winter, to document the author’s story before she dies. It covered everything it invaded us with every breath we took. ‘From the day I was born grief was always present. “ The Thirteenth Tale” introduces readers to Margaret, a young woman working in her father’s rare book shop and an occasional writer of biographical essays about long-dead authors. I found The Thirteenth Tale an engrossing read full of atmosphere and with a series of intriguing mysteries at its heart helped by some fine writing.
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