review 1: Ummm, welll...this is historical fiction, I guess. Fiction, certainly...historical characters, yes.. I guess the part that put me off was the absolute strangeness of the relationship between the characters. I never got the sense that the characters were developed...I never really understood them. This plays well into the 'insanity' defense that the book seems to offer fort he assassination. However, I just never really -fell into- the story, and had a hard time finishing. review 2: This was really a whimsical piece of historical fiction loosely based on John Wilkes Booth's sister. There is a lot of creative license taken in this work and it is almost written in a "stream of conscious" method that leaves the reader feeling a bit out of the loop. Add in the S... morehakespeare quotes at the end of every chapter and it just gets more convoluted. I realize from reading the author's acknowledgements that she has a great interest in the Civil War time period. But, I'm glad this book was a free download and didn't take long to read. less
