Birds of Prey

First of all I must warn you that this book is only the part one of a story that goes on in a following book called "Charlotte's inheritance". And now my review: maybe four stars could be too much for a sensation novel, but it was so absorbing that I couldn't give it less than this. It starts well,......more

Classic ME Braddon, the novel begins with a gruesome, satisfying murder, goes on to blackmail, and from then on gets better and better as a pack of rascals try to get rich quick on the same get-rich-quick scheme. Evil stepfathers, shady lawyers and cardsharps all form part of the background This sc......more

Birds of Prey is Part 1 of Charlotte and her family and friends' story, with Charlotte's Inheritance being Part 2. Birds of Prey is a bit confusing at first, because each of the first several chapters is a separate vignette about one of the characters, without any seeming reference to the others. Bu......more

Very enjoyable, despite and maybe a little because-of having read the sequel first by mistake. It's fun to see the story your mind invents for the first half of these characters' lives set against what's actually there. It reminds me of renting RPGs as a kid and just picking a save file that existed......more

I read this book along with its sequel, Charlotte’s Inheritance, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s rather hard to review just this book, because the story doesn't end when the book does, so I’m lumping Birds of Prey and its sequel together. I’ve been exploring various authors from this general time pe......more