Kate Morton

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Fri July 1st, 2011, 12:13 am

[quote=""Veronica""]Has anyone read Kate's latest book? I've recently bought it as I like her other books but it seem to have received a lot of bad reviews on Amazon and my friend said after 100 pages that it's pretty slow. Any comments?[/quote]

Well, I for one loved it - it was my favorite book of 2010 by far. I love her writing style and 600 pages of it wasn't enough. By the end I was taking breaks just to make it last that little bit longer. The last 100 pages are outstanding.

I read Forgotten Garden not long afterward and could see why readers felt Distant Hours was somewhat derivative - there were repeating themes - but I'll still be first in line when her next one comes out.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Fri July 1st, 2011, 8:44 am

I've heard nothing but good things about it from people I know who've read it, but there are some unfavourable reviews on Amazon.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed September 14th, 2011, 11:59 am

Well I finished The Distant Hours the other night, and have to say it was a huge disappointmet, it's not a bad book and quite a good story - although very derivative of Jane Eyre and the much more recent The Thirteenth Tale - but it's so slow! Sorry Ariadne but 600 pages was way too long for me, I kept taking breaks as I was so bored and couldn't face more and more pages of words - interesting to notice that she talks about words and writing quite a bit in the book - which didn't seem to go anywhere. There are a few good reveals at the end, but by then I didn't really care, I just wanted to finish it. A shame as I loved House at Riverton and have TFG on my tbr stack, but I felt it could have been cut by about 200 pages and been much better.

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Wed September 14th, 2011, 12:54 pm

Awwww I'm sorry you didn't like it as she is one of my favorite authors. By far my favorite is The Forgotten Garden. Try it when you have a chance!

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Wed September 14th, 2011, 1:18 pm

I hope TFG is more like HatR than the Distant Hours, I'm almost afraid to read it now although I've heard good things about it!

Brenna · Post by **Brenna** » Wed September 14th, 2011, 3:24 pm

In my opinion, it's way better than both! I read TFG first and was disappointed by the other two because I loved TFG so much!!

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Wed September 14th, 2011, 4:41 pm

I loved both The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden. I'm planning to read The Distant Hours after my current read. I quite like a slow read, though, as long as the story interests me, so it probably won't bother me if it's a bit meandering!

rebecca · Post by **rebecca** » Thu September 15th, 2011, 4:39 am

Oh man!! I have heard so much about Kate Morton and thought I'd give her a read and orderd 'The Distant Hours' on Amazon...Oh well if I don't like the book then I'll try 'The Forgotten Garden' and if that doesn't grab me, I wont be buying anymore.

Bec

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Thu September 15th, 2011, 9:53 am

I was often bored and ultimately unconvinced by The House at Riverton and just about managed to finish it. I'm not that keen to read another, but if I do, I will borrow from the library.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Mon September 26th, 2011, 7:21 pm

I've just finished The Distant Hours and I loved it. I thought it was written very atmospherically and the characters were well drawn. I loved all the little coincidences and connections throughout the story. I wanted to keep turning the pages and I was sad when I finished it - it was quite a sad tale after all! I didn't find it slow at all.