jaymargz

I saw this book on a shelf in the library and decided to read it because: 1) It had the words "murder" and "alchemy" in the title, and 2) It had a picture of the Eiffel Tower on the cover. Not a bad decision. I was rather distracted, so it took me a while to get through this book, but that should not reflect poorly on the book. Nellie Bly is the main character and she is chasing a murderer across two continents. She's an incredibly modern female. It's set around 1889, so I learned a great deal about the times. Other prominent characters are Jules Verne, Oscar Wilde, and Dr. Pastuer, all of whom I learned interesting facts about from reading the book. As I understand it, the plot is ficticious, but the attributes of the historical characters are supposed to be fairly accurate. It was an interesting read, but I'm not going to knock over anyone to pick up the next book in the series when it hits the shelves.

2023-06-03 10:24