The Dark Unwinding

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Call Number: Teen Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf

In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her family's estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families, but strange occurrences soon have her doubting her own sanity.

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Fantastic submitted by yugure on May 20, 2013, 7:40pm This book is wonderfully executed. Gothic and suspenseful, with intriguing, unique characters, spot-on dialogue, and a not-so-straightforward plot with a couple of good twists. (Marred only slightly by the fact that the villain's reveal is a bit predictable). The language, dialogue, setting, and details of the Stranwyne estate is very appropriate for the time, which is more than I can say for several other historical YA fiction books I've read lately. Katharine is refreshingly unlikeable at the beginning of the story and undergoes a believable transformation. I love her uncle, who is one of the most interesting characters I've come across lately. And I also have to give Cameron a lot of credit for not flinching from the tragic yet appropriate ending. Cameron is a skillful writer.