Paperback, 560 pages
English language
Published June 25, 2019 by Little, Brown Book Group.
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Loved it. Twice.
1/28/20 - Another listen to the fantastic Juanita McMahon read this great book to me.
Cockney thief joins a plot to steal a gentlewoman’s fortune & throw her in the madhouse. Alas, she’s cute. Love, betrayal, Victorian smut & Dickensian chaos ensues.
“What does it say?”
“It is filled with all the words for how I want you.”
The Handmaiden is a beautiful adaptation to Japanese-occupied Korea. But I prefer the original due to the strength of the twists & POVs. The way this book handled their perspectives makes it one of my absolute favourite novels.
