Monday, January 12, 2026

The Briar Club

 


1.    The Briar Club  by Kate Quinn  4 stars

Historical Fiction     Audiobook

I listened to this on audio.  I had a hard time following it for about half of it.  I longed to see the book.  I think it would have been less confusing if I could have seen that each chapter at first was about a different woman living in a boarding house in Washington DC in the 1950s.  It was very well read, but I was confused.  But by the end I figured it out.  It is a great story.  This eclectic group of women become almost as family to one another.  The end is incredibly tense and thrilling.  I enjoyed the author’s notes at the end and the interview with the author and narrator.  Now armed with more information, I almost want to listen to it again.  4 stars.

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