Beautiful Lies

Right. The main character is a selfish, reckless woman who can't understand that her actions have consequences (and not just for herself). She disdains things that are "other" and wonders why everyone else isn't grateful and appreciative of her heartache.Most of her characterization is tied to her s......more

I heard about this book on the blog www.cornflowerbooks.co.uk/ and it sounded like the kind of chunky neo-Victorian novel full of scandal and secrets that I would love. Set in the late Victorian period, the story is told from the perspective of the beautiful Maribel Campbell Lowe, the bohemian, Chi......more

Well. My overall impression is that it is a carefully written book with a heavily historical "feel", but one that ultimately lacks a powerful plot or final impression at all. I expected that the story would revolve around the terrible newspaperman's threat to reveal Maribel's background OR something......more

Ich weiß auch nicht, das Buch war an sich nicht schlecht. Im Gegenteil, es war sogar sehr angenehm geschrieben und man hatte den Eindruck dass die Autorin sich wahnsinnig viel Mühe bei der Recherche gegeben hat. Aber der Geschichte fehlt es an Fokus. Es werden immer zu neue Themen aufgegriffen - die......more

I don't know what to say about Beautiful Lies. It is so vivid, with Victorian images in the late 19th century, London. It played like a movie. I loved the author's style of writing. Her writing is so poetic. I could picture Trafalgar Square in London. There is so much packed in this novel, it goes ev......more