Author: Diane Setterfield

Book Review: Bellman & Black

October 25, 2013 Whitney Review 4 Comments

I was greatly anticipating Diane Setterfield’s next novel as soon as I put down The Thirteenth Tale. the writing style was intoxicating and held perfect suspense. I was expecting the same caliber with Bellman & Black. I received the same beautiful writing but the suspense I was looking for was not. I know it is […]

Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale

September 21, 2011 Whitney Review 10 Comments

The Thirteenth Tale is part ghost story part fairy tale (Grimm Brother’s style). Vida Winter, a famed author renown for her novel The Thirteenth Tale, with the thirteenth tale being omitted. Vida, after numerous interviews has finally decided to unburden herself and write her memoirs with the help of a ghostwriter, Margaret Lea, a freelance […]