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This is no sugar-coated tale

Advantages: Excellent portrayal of Victorian London and its characters
Disadvantages: Some will not like the constant sexual references; length

It is London in the 1870s and it is common practice for all men who can afford it to head for a high-class prostitute when they can. One of these prostitutes is Sugar, who has the added benefit of doing things that other girls generally won't do. William ...

sunmeilan 01.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber

Sugar and Spice and all things nice

Advantages: Well written, engaging story, well researched historical content
Disadvantages: Very big, little writing - but well worth the effort

...I read this book a while ago now, but it still rates highly amongst my favourites and those that I would recommend to friends. The story centres around Sugar - a beautiful prositute in London, only 19 she is already infamous amongst gentlemen in the k ...

daisydaisym 22.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber

Would you like Sugar with that, sir?

Advantages: Wall to wall Victorian prostitutes
Disadvantages: Disappointing finish

...Containing perhaps more information that you ever wanted about Victorian post-copulative contraceptive techniques, ‘The Crimson Petal and the White’ is an epic and Dickensian novel. Sugar is our protagonist (heroine is surely too strong); growing up in ...

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Review of The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White is a visceral,all-consuming read.

Advantages: Excellent prose, unique characters, interesting storyline
Disadvantages: very long, small text, some unsettling events are portrayed in grisly detail.

The Crimson Petal and the White is a long book. Over 800 pages, but every chapter conjures up magnificent pictures of Victorian London. The narration starts with an unseen omniscient voice but quickly darts in and out of all of the many characters' heads. ...

Contrarah 05.04.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber

Not that bad, but certainly not that great...

Advantages: Easy enough to read
Disadvantages: A little dull and predictable

The Author Katie Fforde lives in Gloucestershire with her husband who she has three children with. Her first book was released in 1995 and she has gone on to write over 15 books since then. Her website can be found at www.katiefforde.com. Story ...

KathEv 05.01.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Going Dutch - Katie Fforde