Comments on: Review: The Russian Concubine, Kate Furnivall

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:03:17 +0000

Why didn't I read this review before buying this???? Regret, regret, regret! .-= Literate Housewife´s last blog ..#248 ~ Arcadia Falls =-.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:42:00 +0000

How disappointing! I assumed it was about a Russian concubine and was curious as to how nothing was said about one in your summary. .-= Anna´s last blog ..Interview With Susan Higginbotham, Author of HUGH AND BESS =-.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:45:36 +0000

Aw, what a bummer! This sounds exactly like the sort of book I would enjoy, too–forbidden love and the historical Chinese setting setting would totally draw me in. But it sounds like the writing is crap! And one of my major pet peeves is when authors use phrases from another language that they obviously do not speak–I don’t know how you got through this book.

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:57:14 +0000

I love your honesty!

I have this book on my shelf and haven’t read it yet.

I actually read the second book (Under a Blood Red Sky) first and I really enjoyed it. I was worried it was going to have a bad ending but it didnt.

I think I’ll still try this one because I did enjoy Kate’s second novel. I just might put it towards the end of my TBR pile.

Marg – You’ll have to let me know what you think of book 2!

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:15:15 +0000

Hmm…thanks for the honest review. I think I’ll pass on this one!

By: Beth F

Beth F — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:16:47 +0000

Thank you for letting me take a book off my wish list.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:29:37 +0000

Ouch. thanks for the frank review. I’ll avoid this one!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:21:04 +0000

I was underwhelmed with this one, too. Such a pity because I did enjoy the setting.

By: Marg

Marg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:23:30 +0000

It is always interesting to me when someone I normally agree with has a different reading experience to me.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the unusual setting, the adventure and the possibility of reading more. There is no doubting there were some issues with the book but the overall story arc and the writing were strong enough for me to not worry too much about them.

There is a follow up book which has been released recently. I presume you won’t be reading it, but I definitely will be!

By: zibilee

zibilee — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:31:53 +0000

Wow! This one sounds really bad! I toyed with the idea of buying it when I saw it on the table of my local big box store, and now I’m glad I didn’t. Thanks for the revealing review. I am not going to even bother wasting my time on this one.