A slender mystery, told as a fairy tale, it's charming and readable -- but not quite as charming as it thinks it is.
I liked the way that Setterfield carefully balanced reality and magic: I don;t think it's a spoiler to say that there is a realistic explanation for everything. But the magical explanations proposed by the regulars at the Swan pub at Radcot, on the River Thames, also feel valid.
Unlike the Thames, not deep.
I liked the way that Setterfield carefully balanced reality and magic: I don;t think it's a spoiler to say that there is a realistic explanation for everything. But the magical explanations proposed by the regulars at the Swan pub at Radcot, on the River Thames, also feel valid.
Unlike the Thames, not deep.
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