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While I enjoyed this book, I would be hesitant to recommend it to my book groups. I'm not totally...
I enjoyed this book more than the Thirteenth Tale, which was also a wonderfully twisty story. The...
Thanks to BookishFirst for the ARC of Once Upon A River in exchange for an honest review. I...
I loved everything about this story/audio book. The narration was top notch. The accents and...
First, let me say that this book is probably not for everyone. It is a very meandering,...
The Swan at Radcot was once one of several inns along the Thames. Each inn was known for...
Once Upon a River was very descriptive with extremely fleshed out characters, but I didn't have...
Even though there are no overt historical references, Once Upon a River felt very much like a...
The cover and title were the first things to draw me in. The pretty snake/river illustration on...
Once Upon a River is even more beautiful than what I expected based upon the cover. It's a quiet...
This was an amazing book! It was just so rich and well written and the world was built and...
The summary of this book sounded very interesting to me, and I was super excited to delve into...
Before reading Once Upon a River, I read one other book by the author in a Gothic Literature...
This book, for some reason kind of reminded me of The Snow Child a bit. The story starts off...
This book is a complete dream. I have been on the lookout for a new novel by Diane Setterfield...
I couldn't picture from the description what this book would really be like. It starts off with...
This story, in a word, was beautiful. Just looking at the cover I knew I had to read the...
Ok, super unpopular opinion is coming....I didn’t love this one. I kept wondering if this was...
Once Upon a River is a beautiful fantasy that takes place just on the edge of reality, or on the...
At the heart of this book is the desperate longing for reason and understanding that comes from...
When I heard Diane Setterfield was coming out with this book I couldn’t contain my excitement!...
What a great read! The pacing was slow but that did not make the book bad! Quite the opposite! It...
(Based on the first 14 pages of the book) I would define this a mix between novel and...
An amazing and captivating story. An absolutely beautiful and magical work of story telling. The...
You guys, Once Upon a River is one dreamy Fantasy Mystery! This a book for your book club or just...
The best sign of a five-star read is if it keeps me up long past my bedtime. And I think I might...
I absolutely loved this book! I don't give out a lot of five star ratings, but when I do it is...
I really enjoyed this story. It was a story about stories with a theme of river and water. As...
I've been seeing Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield everywhere, starting with that absolutely...
This is my first impression of the first look sample. I love Diane Setterfield's first book, The...
One of the things I love about Setterfield’s novels is how atmospheric they are. I was completely...
This is the first book I've read by Diane Setterfield and I was quite impressed. The world she...
Something is going to happen. A small girl is found and brought to a bar called the Swan. The...
I knew I was going to love this book within the first 5 pages. It's a book about story telling,...
The story starts with a mysterious man & little girl arriving at a small town pub late in the...
I've been on a historical fiction kick lately so Once Upon a River came along at the perfect time...
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