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what a clever, subtle book. Part romance, part sci-fi, part historical and part mystery. Really enjoyed it. Clockwork octopus, IRA bombings, Japanese politics, somehow it all pulls together ( ) Didn't really enjoy it. Had an issue with the appropriate for the timeline of the book racism, and spent most of the book wondering why the author didn't do better with it. I found it too distracting to really enjoy the book. And the only female character, who was interesting, basically was in the book just to get married, so it was kind of sexist, too, I guess. She deserved better. We all deserve better. I loved this book and was extremely sad to see it end, would love more books on Thaniel and Mori! Funnily enough, I started this series at the wrong end with book #3 because I received Bedlam Stacks as part of a monthly book subscription. I actually recommend reading in this order as I felt the knowledge from what is essentially a prequel made book #1 all the more satisfying - but I may be biased since I can’t tell what it would be like to read the other way around. Really enjoyed the characters and laughed many times at Katsu‘s antics. Belongs to SeriesAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori--a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected events soon proves that he must be hiding something. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. A theoretical physicist, she is desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses. Utterly beguiling, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street blends historical events with dazzling flights of fancy to plunge readers into a strange and magical past, where time, destiny, genius--and a clockwork octopus--collide. No library descriptions found.
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