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The Moonstone |  | Author: Wilkie Collins
Publisher: Public Domain Books
Category: eBooks
This item is no longer available
Rating:  7 reviews
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B000JQTWPO
Publication Date: January 12, 2006
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Twists and Turns August 31, 2010
Old Woman (Texas)
I truly enjoyed this book. Betteredge is my favorite character. Sit back and let the story take you along on a twisting ride. If you figure out who stole the cursed diamond, good for you. But did you figure out how and why he/she stole it?
 good Victorian mystery! February 27, 2010
Constance Johnson (Walhalla, SC United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a fun read, well written and clean, you can't miss with this one. The characters are unique, the plot is well-paced. It won't keep you up at night with suspense but the wit and twists will keep you entertained and engaged.
Wilkie Collins was incredible February 1, 2010
Leslie Dye (Cincinnati)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an excellent mystery. I read it after reading "The Woman in White." I like the Woman in White better, but both are incredible. Once I got used to the style (1800's British), it is a great read. He is one of my favorite authors.
 Go ahead and yawn, you won't miss anything January 12, 2010
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I understood that The Moonstone is a classic so I decided to read this to be culturally literate. Well the story line may be interesting but the writing is atrocious. It is curricular, bloated, and seemingly pointless.
The characters just keep rattling. A lot of writers fill in the story with descriptions of time and place to give an atmosphere to the story. This writer (Wilkie Collins) just fills it with unrelated trivia.
Every once in a while I would go back a few pages to see what I must have missed. When I read again there was nothing there to miss. Ether Wilkie is extremely monotonous or other writing from this period is and I am just now lucky enough to find out.
I talked to others about this and they said; "Now you know why Sherlock Holmes is so popular" (as an alternative which is much better written)
Loved it!! November 1, 2009
S. Kay Murphy (Mt. Baldy, CA USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I purchased this novel based on other Amazon reviews and I just loved it!! It's clever, engaging, and definitely a page turner. Get it!
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