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A review by literamie
The Dazzle of the Light by Georgina Clarke
3.0
Thank you VERVE for my advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is vaguely like Peaky Blinders crossed with Oliver & Killing Eve (vibes only, it’s not nearly as violent or dramatic) — but you’ve got a 1920 setting, corruption, a group of career thieves, a women who is part of that group, and someone investigating her who gets a little too fascinated — you get the idea.
I enjoyed the writing, ignoring one strange sentence about dog shit. The characters are fleshed out nicely and I enjoyed reading about both of our MC’s. The plot develops well; by the last 50 pages I was reading it while I made my brew because I wanted to know what happened.
My main complaint is how long it took to get going, it could’ve been much shorter — there’s only so many times I want to read about people stealing gloves. Stakes were very low until the end, so it was a little tough to keep interest initially. Please also be aware there are multiple instances of SA, although it’s 1920 and probably accurate, it can be tiring to read about women having little to no choice in their sexual encounters quite so often.
Overall I enjoyed it and I would recommend to anyone fancying something that feels like a women-focussed, queer-ish, lower stakes side story to the Peaky Blinders.
This is vaguely like Peaky Blinders crossed with Oliver & Killing Eve (vibes only, it’s not nearly as violent or dramatic) — but you’ve got a 1920 setting, corruption, a group of career thieves, a women who is part of that group, and someone investigating her who gets a little too fascinated — you get the idea.
I enjoyed the writing, ignoring one strange sentence about dog shit. The characters are fleshed out nicely and I enjoyed reading about both of our MC’s. The plot develops well; by the last 50 pages I was reading it while I made my brew because I wanted to know what happened.
My main complaint is how long it took to get going, it could’ve been much shorter — there’s only so many times I want to read about people stealing gloves. Stakes were very low until the end, so it was a little tough to keep interest initially. Please also be aware there are multiple instances of SA, although it’s 1920 and probably accurate, it can be tiring to read about women having little to no choice in their sexual encounters quite so often.
Overall I enjoyed it and I would recommend to anyone fancying something that feels like a women-focussed, queer-ish, lower stakes side story to the Peaky Blinders.