Angela A. (kidibelle) reviewed on 6/10/2016 + 39 more book reviews

I read this book. I have no idea what happened. I have great respect for the writer because her story telling tactics are adventurous, her language flows with a great flood of words that no one uses, and she didn't tie up all the strings into neat little bows at the end of the story. There are still a lot of unanswered questions. The history of the Gold Rush and all the little extra stories associated with it kept me turning the pages (but I think that's because I'm a history buff). I didn't like any of the characters including the nameless main character. The cats were the most interesting but even they were a little odd. The description of each of the characters made them incredibly unlikeable and that whole Frank/Gordon/???? at the end just didn't make any sense. I never figured out if her uncle Oscar died of a stroke/heart attack/bled out/or faked his own death. I never figured out why the tunnel was such a big secret if everyone knew about it. I never figured out the whole diamond story. I never figured out what the mystery was... or if we solved it. Here's my advice ~ go with the flow! Once you accept the author's eccentricities, the story works. Will I read the next book in the series? Yes! Because I want to know if Oscar's dead or alive! And I like the history! If her marketing tactic is to not solve the mystery in the first book so that you're forced to buy the next book ~ it worked! Because I'm going to buy it!

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