Reply To: TBC: What did you think of The Briar Club and why?
I thought The Briar Club was pretty good. It wasn’t as suspenseful or emotional as The Rose Code was for me, possibly because it was a series of short stories like Tara mentions so I felt as a reader I didn’t get as long or as deep back stories of the characters that I sometimes wanted. And perhaps the stakes weren’t as high as WW2, although I agree with you Jane eerie and uncomfortable parallels to the McCarthy era. But I did like most of the characters and Quinn made a good effort in making them all engaging. What I thought was an interesting focus of the book is that all the women are striving hard to be independent in their own way, despite the odds are stacked against them. Each had their own sacrifices and opportunities on their journeys which made the stories fun to read.
