Official Review: Kitchen Canary by Joanne C. Parsons
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Re: Official Review: Kitchen Canary by Joanne C. Parsons
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Thanks Mallory Whitaker for your kind words. I often don't care for books with alternating points of view, particularly if the chapters are too long; it makes me forget what was happening with the other characters. Thankfully, the alternating viewpoints are well done in this book.Mallory Whitaker wrote:Lovely review! This sounds like my sort of book. I love historical fiction and well-developed characters. I especially love side characters that add some real substance to the plot. I've been iffy on alternating viewpoints in the past but I'm growing to love them when they're done correctly. It sounds like they were in this book. Thank you for the wonderful review. This is one I'll be adding to my list!
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I think that people tend to forget that there was quite a bit of prejudice against the Irish during that time period.bookowlie wrote:It's interesting that the time period is in the late 1860's. Even though the main storyline is about the Irish immigrants, one of the domestics in the household is a ex-slave who is from the South. Mr. Brennan is actually more prejudiced against the Irish women than the black man.
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The historical info about the attitudes toward Irish immigrants was a real eye opener for me.CatInTheHat wrote:I think that people tend to forget that there was quite a bit of prejudice against the Irish during that time period.bookowlie wrote:It's interesting that the time period is in the late 1860's. Even though the main storyline is about the Irish immigrants, one of the domestics in the household is a ex-slave who is from the South. Mr. Brennan is actually more prejudiced against the Irish women than the black man.
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Livre, The Researcher, and Readandsmile - Thanks for the nice feedback. It's always nice to read an absorbing story while learning some historical info at the same time.
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