Reply To: TBC: What did you think of The Briar Club and why?

I very much enjoy Kate Quinn’s writing. She definitely has a way of drawing you in, like you say Libby. She’s very good at establishing suspense – in this case who is dead on the 4th floor? – and then drawing that suspense out, but never too long and never in a boring way. I wasn’t expecting the short story format and wasn’t sure about it at first, but I ended up liking it and thought it was an interesting way to see into the lives of each of the boarders at Briarhouse. I admit only know a bit about McCarthyism and the Red Scare. I wasn’t so sure how that would weave into the story but I like how Quinn tackled the subject matter and wove in the different historical perspectives.