![]() Very smooth without any off notes at all. The time in between just flows beautiful y as the pages go by. ![]() Think of flow as notes in a piano recital bad flow jars you just like an off note. The story is so compelling and slowly grabs you that you do not notice how tightly it has you trapped. People like to talk about the skill of the writing as if that is what made a good book, but in reality it is voice (flow) and story and María Dueñas has this in spades. I was distracted at work for the rest of the day and immediately devoured this book as soon as I got home – all 600 pages of it. That was a mistake, a big mistake, because A dressmaker for goodness sake! But being the dutiful guy that I am I took it to work with me to read on break, to at least make a start. ![]() What will I have in common with a pre WWII seamstress as she deals with love and intrigue in Southern Europe. ![]() But when I finally got the book in my hands and read the synopsis I was scared because it was hitting a lot of things I tend to avoid. I said I would read this book because I think I need to read more women authors and more foreign writers, just to get out of my comfort zone. ![]()
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