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Title: The Butcher's Hook
Author: Janet Ellis
Narrator: Janet Ellis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-16
Publisher: Two Roads
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize 2016.
The debut novel by actress and presenter Janet Ellis, The Butcher's Hook is the dark and unexpected tale of a young girl in 18th-century London determined to take her life in her own hands. No matter the cost.
Anne Jaccob is coming of age in late 18th-century London. When she is taken advantage of by her tutor - and her father's great friend - her powerlessness in the world is brought home to her. And it joins several other formative experiences in her short life so far that will serve to dictate her future actions. Her saviour appears in the form of Fub, the butcher's boy. But will what she learns in his company actually be her salvation or her damnation?
Anne's morality is certainly more than dubious, but the influences on her are no less so. And through Ellis' rich but deft storytelling and portrayal of Anne's strength of character, listeners will find themselves almost excusing her escalating crimes, even when self-defence becomes overridden by something darker.
This is a book in which the panoramas and filthy streets of the city, the colour and bear-baiting of St Bartholomew's Fair, the nobility and the hypocrisy of learning and piety, the excitement and envy of love and obsession, and the visceral rites of passage of passion and death are all gloriously celebrated and scrutinised.
A sweeping tale - but always an intimate one - told with the same intricate details as Sarah Waters' works and the compelling darkness of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites.
Critic Reviews:
"A high-finish performance." (Observer, New Faces of Fiction)
"Dark, weird and gloriously feminist." (Elle UK, Best New Books For 2016)
"A boldness rare in a first novel" (Mail on Sunday)
"A strange, unsettling story." (The Times)
"Audacious." (Sunday Express)
"A top-class debut." (Fanny Blake, Woman & Home)
Members Reviews:
A fascinating read
Where there are no choices a woman goes to extraordinary lengths for love... or infatuation. I was sorry when It ended... more please!
Not good
I really wanted to like this. But I really didn't. The central character, Anne, is awful. She's intentionally hateful, but I didn't find this intriguing, just nasty and immature. For me the narration is irritating with plenty of laughable over-the-top voices - Mr Onions, for example.
WOW
I didn't see that coming!
During a book signing at Main Street Trading, St Boswells, a member of the audience asked why the story had to be so shocking. I was intrigued to see what they meant. Personally I don't find it shocking as a read a lot of crime novels however it was not the type of story I expected. Fortunately Janet's style of writing had me hooked from the start and the intriguing character of Anne Jaccob was so refreshingly different not exactly a heroine but a worthy protagonist. I enjoyed Jesse Burtons The miniaturist - and would say that is the nearest book I could compare the Butchers hook too. Really a fascinating read and a story that could only be told first person through the eyes of Anne. If you like sweet romance novels then this is not the book for you but if you like something different then read away.
I look forward to Janet's next novel
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Title: The Butcher's Hook
Author: Janet Ellis
Narrator: Janet Ellis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-16
Publisher: Two Roads
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize 2016.
The debut novel by actress and presenter Janet Ellis, The Butcher's Hook is the dark and unexpected tale of a young girl in 18th-century London determined to take her life in her own hands. No matter the cost.
Anne Jaccob is coming of age in late 18th-century London. When she is taken advantage of by her tutor - and her father's great friend - her powerlessness in the world is brought home to her. And it joins several other formative experiences in her short life so far that will serve to dictate her future actions. Her saviour appears in the form of Fub, the butcher's boy. But will what she learns in his company actually be her salvation or her damnation?
Anne's morality is certainly more than dubious, but the influences on her are no less so. And through Ellis' rich but deft storytelling and portrayal of Anne's strength of character, listeners will find themselves almost excusing her escalating crimes, even when self-defence becomes overridden by something darker.
This is a book in which the panoramas and filthy streets of the city, the colour and bear-baiting of St Bartholomew's Fair, the nobility and the hypocrisy of learning and piety, the excitement and envy of love and obsession, and the visceral rites of passage of passion and death are all gloriously celebrated and scrutinised.
A sweeping tale - but always an intimate one - told with the same intricate details as Sarah Waters' works and the compelling darkness of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites.
Critic Reviews:
"A high-finish performance." (Observer, New Faces of Fiction)
"Dark, weird and gloriously feminist." (Elle UK, Best New Books For 2016)
"A boldness rare in a first novel" (Mail on Sunday)
"A strange, unsettling story." (The Times)
"Audacious." (Sunday Express)
"A top-class debut." (Fanny Blake, Woman & Home)
Members Reviews:
A fascinating read
Where there are no choices a woman goes to extraordinary lengths for love... or infatuation. I was sorry when It ended... more please!
Not good
I really wanted to like this. But I really didn't. The central character, Anne, is awful. She's intentionally hateful, but I didn't find this intriguing, just nasty and immature. For me the narration is irritating with plenty of laughable over-the-top voices - Mr Onions, for example.
WOW
I didn't see that coming!
During a book signing at Main Street Trading, St Boswells, a member of the audience asked why the story had to be so shocking. I was intrigued to see what they meant. Personally I don't find it shocking as a read a lot of crime novels however it was not the type of story I expected. Fortunately Janet's style of writing had me hooked from the start and the intriguing character of Anne Jaccob was so refreshingly different not exactly a heroine but a worthy protagonist. I enjoyed Jesse Burtons The miniaturist - and would say that is the nearest book I could compare the Butchers hook too. Really a fascinating read and a story that could only be told first person through the eyes of Anne. If you like sweet romance novels then this is not the book for you but if you like something different then read away.
I look forward to Janet's next novel